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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English counten, from Anglo-Norman conter (“counter, conter”), from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computare, present active infinitive of computō (“I compute”). Displaced native Middle English tellen (“to count”) (from Old English tellan) and Middle English rimen (“to count, enumerate”) (from Old English rīman).
Noun
count (plural counts)
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- A countdown.
- (law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- He has a 3-2 count with the bases loaded.
Translations
the act of counting
- Bulgarian: смятане bg(bg) n.
- Catalan: comptage ca(ca) m., compte ca(ca) m.
- Danish: tælling da(da)
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the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set
a countdown
- Armenian: հաշվարկ hy(hy) (hašvark)
- Bulgarian: отброяване bg(bg) n.
- Czech: odpočet n.
- Danish: nedtælling da(da)
- Dutch: aftelling nl(nl) f.
- Finnish: lähtölaskenta fi(fi)
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- French: compte à rebours fr(fr)
- Macedonian: одбројување mk(mk) (odbrojúvanje) n.
- Polish: odliczanie pl(pl) n.
- Romanian: numărătoare f.
- Russian: отсчёт ru(ru)
- Slovene: odštevanje n.
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a charge of misconduct
- Finnish: syyte, syytekohta
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- Telugu: లెక్క (lekka), లెక్కింపు (lekkiMpu)
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Verb
to count (third-person singular simple present counts, present participle counting, simple past and past participle counted)
- (intransitive) To enumerate the digits of one's numeral system.
- Can you count to a hundred?
- (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
- There are three apples; count them.
- (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
- Your views don't count here.
- (intransitive) To be an example of something.
- Apples count as a type of fruit.
- (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
- I count apples as a type of fruit.
Derived terms
Terms derived from
count (verb)
Related terms
Translations
to enumerate or determine number
to be of significance; to matter
- Bulgarian: имам значение bg(bg)
- Czech: počítat s
- Hungarian: számít hu(hu)
- Italian: contare it(it)
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- Macedonian: се важи mk(mk) (se váži)
- Polish: liczyć się pl(pl)
- Slovene: šteti
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Etymology 2
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Count
Wikipedia
From Old French comte, conte.
Noun
count (plural counts) m.
- The male ruler of a county; also known as an earl, especially in England. The female equivalent is countess.
Synonyms
Translations
the male ruler of a county
- Armenian: կոմս hy(hy) (koms)
- Breton: kont m. -ed pl.
- Bulgarian: граф bg(bg) m.
- Czech: hrabě cs(cs) n.
- Danish: greve da(da) c.
- Dutch: graaf nl(nl) m.
- Esperanto: grafo eo(eo)
- Finnish: kreivi fi(fi)
- French: comte fr(fr) m.
- German: Graf de(de) m.
- Greek: κόμης el(el) m.
- Hebrew: רוזן (rozen) m.
- Hungarian: gróf hu(hu)
- Icelandic: greifi is(is) m.
- Italian: conte it(it)
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