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comte
1[ kawnt ]
Comte
2[ kawnt; French kawnt ]
noun
- (I·si·dore) Au·guste (Ma·rie Fran·çois) [ee-zee-, dawr, oh-, gyst, m, a, -, ree, f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
Comte
/ kɔ̃t; ˈkɔːnˌtɪzəm /
noun
- Comte(Isidore) Auguste17981857MFrenchSCIENCE: mathematicianPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ( Isidore ) Auguste ( Marie François ) (oɡyst). 1798–1857, French mathematician and philosopher; the founder of positivism
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Derived Forms
- ˈComtist, adjectivenoun
- Comtism, noun
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Example Sentences
Like a savant, he navigates us through a tasting of three French beers, finished off by a pairing with 18-month-old comté cheese.
Phillip also orders us a mixed meat and cheese platter with aged comté, Alsacian tomme, chèvre, salami, and duck confit.
Franche-Comté—fresh sheep milk melted with fresh thick cream,whipped egg whites and sugar.
He decided to direct his own next campaign against Franche-Comté.
Louis' armies were overrunning Flanders in 1667, and Franche-Comté next year.
De toute manière, je parie quarante dollars qu'elle battra en sautant n'importe quelle grenouille du comté de Calaveras.
In Brittany, Franche-Comté, and elsewhere, they are preserved and lighted in time of storm or sickness.
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