conter
French, verb/kɔ̃.te/
conter is a French verb meaning “to recount (tell a story)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation”.
What does conter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recount (tell a story)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation. 2. Faire un récit inventé pour amuser. 3. Dire des choses en vue de tromper. 4. Courtiser, dire des douceurs, des galanteries.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- contant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- conté participle past
- conte first-person indicative present
- contes indicative present second-person
- contons first-person indicative plural
- contez indicative plural present
- content indicative plural present
- contais first-person imperfect indicative
- contait imperfect indicative singular
- contions first-person imperfect indicative
- contiez imperfect indicative plural
- contaient imperfect indicative plural
- contai first-person historic indicative
- contas historic indicative past
- conta historic indicative past
- contâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conter?
- /kɔ̃.te/
- \kɔ̃.te\
- [kɔ̃.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conter in French?
conter appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).