conte
noun
conti
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pluralof conte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Casanova remarked that in some Italian cities all the nobles were baroni, in others all were conti.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
As in France, however, there are some Italian conti whose titles are respectable, and even illustrious, from their historic associations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
From its roots the Seminoles make the conti, a species of jelly—a sweet and nourishing food.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
Bartram mentions the use of a sieve by the Georgia Indians in straining a "cooling sort of jelly" called conti, made by pounding certain roots in a mortar and adding water.
From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by William Henry Holmes
