comte
Other definitions for Comte (2 of 2)
(I·si·dore) Au·guste (Ma·rie Fran·çois) [ee-zee-dawroh-gystma-reefrahn-swa], /i ziˈdɔr oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use comte in a sentence
It is a grim, forbidding place, now known as the Chteau des Comtes.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondThe Comtes de Provence have always granted special privileges to the town.
King of Camargue | Jean AicardDomesday, i. 463; and Estancelin's History of the comtes d'Eu.
The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest | Master WaceHere was a famous chteau of the tenth century, of the Comtes de Vermondais.
Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France | George Warton EdwardsThe circumstance to which I allude is the early age at which all the Comtes of my line had met their end.
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 | Howard Phillips Lovecraft
British Dictionary definitions for Comte
/ (French kɔ̃t) /
(Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) (oɡyst). 1798–1857, French mathematician and philosopher; the founder of positivism
Derived forms of Comte
- Comtism (ˈkɔːnˌtɪzəm), noun
- Comtist or Comtian, adjective, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse