conte noun.
[k:t] Pl. pronounced same.
L19.[French.]
A short story, as a form of literary composition;
spec. a medieval narrative tale.
■ conteur
[kt:r (pl. same)] noun a composer of
contes; a narrator:
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Conté adjective.
['kɒnteɪ] Also
conté.
M19.[Nicolas Jacques Conté (1755-1805), French inventor.]Designating a kind of pencil, crayon, or chalk which Conté developed.
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