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comte
comte
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kɔ̃t
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kaw
n
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noun,
plural
comtes
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kɔ̃t
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kaw
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French.
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Comte
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kɔ̃t;
French
kɔ̃t
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kaw
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French
kaw
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noun
(I·si·dore) Au·guste (Ma·rie Fran·çois)
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,
1798–1857,
French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
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World English Dictionary
Comte
(
French
kɔ̃t)
—
n
(
Isidore
)
Auguste
(
Marie François
) (oɡyst). 1798--1857, French mathematician and philosopher; the founder of positivism
Comtism
—
n
'Comtist
—
adj
, —
n
'Comtian
—
adj
, —
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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[Le style c'est l'homme même.]"
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