comte

n. family name; Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher, founder of positivism

n. (French) count, title of nobility equal to that of an earl (ranked below marquis and higher than viscount)

Comte is a title of French nobility. In the English language, the title is count, a rank in several European nobilites. The corresponding rank in England is earl. A Comte ranks below a Marquis or Margrave (the French have two equivalent words for the same title) and above a Vicomte.
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Comté is a French word that can refer to:The territory ruled by a count (comte) in medieval France (also known in English as a county or, rarely, as a countship, when referring to French land, or earldom, when referring to English land)Comté (cheese), a famous French cheese from Franche-Comtéla Comté, the French translation of the "Shire" in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth (the word is here feminine as opposed to masculine, as in the above usages)Comté is also the name of a new and popular French soda drink.
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Noun
1. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
(synonym) Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
(hypernym) philosopher

n. Comte, family name; Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher, founder of positivism

n. count; earl

n. earldom, county; parish, shire

ADV
neatly| elegantly| in a well arrange manner; with ornament (L+S)