Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin putus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin putō
Latin computō
Anglo-Norman counterbor.
Middle English counten
English count
From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.
Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).
Meanings
(not-comparable) Countable.
For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’. 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 118:
(not-comparable) Used to show the amount of like items in a package.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin putus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin putō
Latin computō
Anglo-Norman counterbor.
Middle English counten
English count
From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.
Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).
Meanings
The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of five.
Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.
The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
By the official count, there are something like thirteen hundred species of birds in the Amazon, but Cohn-Haft thinks there are actually a good many more, because people have relied too much on features like size and plumage and not paid enough attention to sound. 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 177:
A countdown.
A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
Zou, who was living in Elephant and Castle, south-east London, was convicted of 11 counts of rape, with two of the offences relating to one victim. He was also convicted of three counts of voyeurism, 10 of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of false imprisonment and three of possession of a controlled drug with intent to commit a sexual offence. 2025 June 19, “Student who raped 10 women jailed for 24 years”, in bbc.com:
Anthony Williams (32), of Langford Road, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with ten counts of attempted murder, one count of ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), and one count of possession of a bladed article. 2025 November 12, David Stubbings, “Knife attack: heroes hailed for saving lives”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 10:
The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.
(obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
When he was readie to his steede to mount / Vnto his way, which now was all his care and count. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:
(qualifier:minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
That count deserves a punishment.
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gl conto (the act of counting) · et loendus (the act of counting) · es conteo (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · th กระทง (a charge of misconduct) · sl seštevek (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · mk одбројување (a countdown) · ru счёт (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · sv åtalspunkt (a charge of misconduct) · es compto (the act of counting) · hu rendbeli (a charge of misconduct) · ro numărătoare (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · fi syyte (a charge of misconduct) · fi määrä (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · nb opptelling (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · br kont (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · da nedtælling (a countdown) · fi syytekohta (a charge of misconduct) · be лік (the act of counting) · gl reconto (the act of counting) · fr décompte (the act of counting) · cmn 罪項 /罪项 (a charge of misconduct) · it conteggio (the act of counting) · ru подсчёт (the act of counting) · el κατηγορία (a charge of misconduct) · pt contagem (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · es conteo (the act of counting) · nci pōhualli (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · bg отброя́ване (a countdown) · ro numărătoare (a countdown) · pt contagem final (a countdown) · ky эсеп (the act of counting) · es cuenta (the act of counting) · uk лічі́ння (the act of counting) · ca comptatge (the act of counting) · nn teljing (the act of counting) · fr décompte (a countdown) · bg брой (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ml എണ്ണം (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · nb opptelling (the act of counting) · is talning (the act of counting) · it numero (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · pt número (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ro cap de acuzare (a charge of misconduct) · es punto (a charge of misconduct) · mr मोजणी (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · fr compte à rebours (a countdown) · hu összeg (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · uk лічба́ (the act of counting) · es número (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ast cuenta (the act of counting) · es cómputo (the act of counting) · hu visszaszámlálás (a countdown) · sl odštevanje (a countdown) · pl liczenie (the act of counting) · nb telling (the act of counting) · hu megszámlálás (the act of counting) · fr compte (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · el καταμέτρηση (the act of counting) · de Anzahl (the act of counting) · qu yupa (the act of counting) · fro conte (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · nn oppteljing (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ro numărătoare (the act of counting) · sah суот (the act of counting) · es conta (the act of counting) · fr chef d'accusation (a charge of misconduct) · fa-ira شُمارِش (the act of counting) · cs počet (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · da tælling (the act of counting) · be падлі́к (the act of counting) · nv nambooígíí (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ru отсчёт (a countdown) · hu szám (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · cmn 項 /项 (a charge of misconduct) · hu vádpont (a charge of misconduct) · hy հաշվարկ (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · fi lähtölaskenta (a countdown) · hy հաշվարկ (a countdown) · el μέτρηση (the act of counting) · uk лі́чення (the act of counting) · pl odliczanie (a countdown) · is tala (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · nl telling (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · hu számolás (the act of counting) · ca compte (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · nn oppteljing (the act of counting) · da optælling (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · it capo d'accusa (a charge of misconduct) · es cargo (a charge of misconduct) · it totale (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · fr nombre (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ru счёт (the act of counting) · alt чот (the act of counting) · de Zählung (the act of counting) · fr chef d’inculpation (a charge of misconduct) · sv anklagelsepunkt (a charge of misconduct) · nl aftelling (a countdown) · fi lasku (the act of counting) · pl policzenie (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · de zählen (the act of counting) · uk підраху́нок (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · uk лік (the act of counting) · sl rezultat (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ky эсеп (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · mr गणना (the act of counting) · gl conta (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ga scór (a charge of misconduct) · hu összeszámlálás (the act of counting) · it calcolo (the act of counting) · cs odpočet (a countdown) · pt contagem (the act of counting) · fr compte (the act of counting) · uk підраху́нок (the act of counting) · gl conta (the act of counting) · nl telling (the act of counting) · ro numărare (the act of counting) · uk ві́длік (a countdown) · io konto (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · ca compte (the act of counting) · ky чот (the act of counting) · el μέτρημα (the act of counting) · be адлі́к (a countdown) · de Anzahl (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · it conto (the act of counting) · enm counte (the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set) · bg смя́тане (the act of counting)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin putus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin putō
Latin computō
Anglo-Norman counterbor.
Middle English counten
English count
From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.
Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).
Meanings
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.
Can you count to a hundred?
(transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President,[…] 1803, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. c. 1845–1846, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1850, →OCLC, sonnet XLII, page 479:
(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
They counted thirty, crowded in a space
Which left scarce room for motion or exertion; […] 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza LXIII, page 150:
(figuratively, intransitive, qualifier:passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
Your views don’t count here.
It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.
(figuratively, intransitive, qualifier:passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
Apples count as a type of fruit.
“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” he asked.¶“Too many,” Kirk quipped. The crowd clapped and cheered.¶Five, the audience member claimed. “Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?” the man continued. Kirk leaned forward and picked up his mic before setting back into an upright position. “Counting or not counting gang violence?” he said.¶A loud “pop” suddenly rang out.¶Kirk lurched back and to the left. Blood splashed from his neck onto his white shirt. 2025 September 12, Eric Levenson, “Charlie Kirk’s final hours: How a stage for debate became a scene of tragedy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025:
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it. 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
This excellent man […] counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. 1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney:
(transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
The entertainment we haue had of him,
Is far from villanie or ſeruitude,
And might in noble mindes be counted princely. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.
I count you as more than a friend.
(transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.
(intransitive, obsolete) To take account or note (of), to care (for).
[…]to make her faire, that no man counts of her beauty. c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 23, column 2:
(obsolete, transitive) To recount, to tell.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
oc comptar (to be of significance; to matter) · es escrutar (to enumerate or determine number) · atv санайарга (to enumerate or determine number) · osp conptar (to enumerate or determine number) · pt contar (to enumerate or determine number) · gl contar (to enumerate or determine number) · sh bròjati (to enumerate or determine number) · it contare (to be of significance; to matter) · cu чьсти (to enumerate or determine number) · prs شُمُرْدَن (to enumerate or determine number) · pt contar (to be of significance; to matter) · pap reku (to enumerate or determine number) · qu yupai (to enumerate or determine number) · cu чисти (to enumerate or determine number) · es cuantiar (to enumerate or determine number) · mrw itong (to enumerate or determine number) · ne गन्नु (to enumerate or determine number) · ro număra (to enumerate or determine number) · el μετράω (to enumerate or determine number) · de zählen (to be of significance; to matter) · sv räknas (to be of significance; to matter) · syc ܡܢܐ (to enumerate or determine number) · eo numeri (to enumerate or determine number) · ga ríomh (to enumerate or determine number) · rm dumbrar (to enumerate or determine number) · ast contar (to enumerate or determine number) · sk počítať (to enumerate or determine number) · is telja (to enumerate or determine number) · bn গণনা (to enumerate or determine number) · ht konte (to enumerate or determine number) · cs počítat s (to be of significance; to matter) · mr मोजणे (to enumerate or determine number) · rsk читац (to enumerate or determine number) · id hitung (to enumerate or determine number) · my ရေတွက် (to enumerate or determine number) · ltg saskaiteit (to enumerate or determine number) · rm enumerar (to enumerate or determine number) · ms kira (to enumerate or determine number) · nyy -belenga (to enumerate or determine number) · koi артавны (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 數 /数 (to enumerate or determine number) · ru счита́ться (to be of significance; to matter) · de zählen (to enumerate or determine number) · grc ἀριθμέω (to enumerate or determine number) · ru посчита́ть (to enumerate or determine number) · haw helu (to enumerate or determine number) · hu számol (to enumerate or determine number) · wa conter (to enumerate or determine number) · ja 数える (to enumerate or determine number) · la computō (to enumerate or determine number) · fi laskea (to enumerate or determine number) · arz عدّ (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 算 (to enumerate or determine number) · mba ihap (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 計數 /计数 (to enumerate or determine number) · bg броя́ (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 計算 /计算 (to enumerate or determine number) · eo kalkuli (to enumerate or determine number) · eo nombri (to enumerate or determine number) · ca comptar (to be of significance; to matter) · ht konte (to be of significance; to matter) · msk bilang (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 算 (to be of significance; to matter) · mba bilang (to enumerate or determine number) · enm counten (to be of significance; to matter) · ckb ژماردن (to enumerate or determine number) · mt għadd (to enumerate or determine number) · ny -ŵerenga (to enumerate or determine number) · sl prešteti (to enumerate or determine number) · se lohkat (to enumerate or determine number) · nv ííníshtaʼ (to enumerate or determine number) · oc comptar (to enumerate or determine number) · slr sanağusı (to enumerate or determine number) · ro conta (to be of significance; to matter) · io kontar (to enumerate or determine number) · inh лархӏа (to enumerate or determine number) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to enumerate or determine number) · fr compter (to enumerate or determine number) · fi olla merkitystä (to be of significance; to matter) · rsk раховац (to enumerate or determine number) · om lakkaa'uu (to enumerate or determine number) · nb regnes (to be of significance; to matter) · cs počítat (to enumerate or determine number) · tyz án (to enumerate or determine number) · tog -ŵelenga (to enumerate or determine number) · msk isip (to enumerate or determine number) · vi đếm (to enumerate or determine number) · nci pōhua (to enumerate or determine number) · pl liczyć się (to be of significance; to matter) · osp contar (to enumerate or determine number) · fr compter (to be of significance; to matter) · ltg skaiteit (to enumerate or determine number) · hsb ličić (to enumerate or determine number) · fro conter (to enumerate or determine number) · is teljast með (to be of significance; to matter) · he מָנָה (to enumerate or determine number) · fa-ira شِمُرْدَن (to enumerate or determine number) · te లెక్కించు (to enumerate or determine number) · lv rēķināt (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 算数 (to be of significance; to matter) · br kontañ (to enumerate or determine number) · enm acounten (to enumerate or determine number) · lo ນັບ (to enumerate or determine number) · sl šteti (to be of significance; to matter) · be палічы́ць (to enumerate or determine number) · alt санаар (to enumerate or determine number) · fa-ira شُمُرْدَن (to enumerate or determine number) · ms hitung (to enumerate or determine number) · rsk чишлїц (to enumerate or determine number) · kl kisitsivoq (to enumerate or determine number) · enm counten (to enumerate or determine number) · sa गणयति (to enumerate or determine number) · pl liczyć (to enumerate or determine number) · da tælle (to enumerate or determine number) · ro se pune (to be of significance; to matter) · ar عَدَّ (to enumerate or determine number) · te ఎన్ను (to enumerate or determine number) · my ရေ (to enumerate or determine number) · af tel (to enumerate or determine number) · atv тоолайарга (to enumerate or determine number) · nl tellen (to enumerate or determine number) · ka თვლა (to enumerate or determine number) · mn тоолох (to enumerate or determine number) · ce лара (to enumerate or determine number) · ga áirigh (to enumerate or determine number) · tr sayılmak (to be of significance; to matter) · ru сосчита́ть (to enumerate or determine number) · gl contar (to be of significance; to matter) · it contare (to enumerate or determine number) · km រាប់ (to enumerate or determine number) · ceb ihap (to enumerate or determine number) · nn telja (to enumerate or determine number) · zea telle (to enumerate or determine number) · hy հաշվել (to enumerate or determine number) · tum -ŵerenga (to enumerate or determine number) · lv skaitīt (to enumerate or determine number) · lt skaitytis (to be of significance; to matter) · es contar (to enumerate or determine number) · rap tataku (to enumerate or determine number) · mr गणना करणे (to enumerate or determine number) · th นับ (to enumerate or determine number) · es importar (to be of significance; to matter) · mrw isip (to enumerate or determine number) · pt valer (to be of significance; to matter) · tg шумурдан (to enumerate or determine number) · ga comhair (to enumerate or determine number) · izh laskia (to enumerate or determine number) · tsg itung (to enumerate or determine number) · sl šteti (to enumerate or determine number) · he סָפַר (to enumerate or determine number) · az saymaq (to enumerate or determine number) · tr saymak (to enumerate or determine number) · sq njeh (to enumerate or determine number) · ru счита́ть (to enumerate or determine number) · pt importar (to be of significance; to matter) · mi tatau (to enumerate or determine number) · fo telja (to enumerate or determine number) · tk sanamak (to enumerate or determine number) · lad kontar (to enumerate or determine number) · tt санарга (to enumerate or determine number) · ttj -bara (to enumerate or determine number) · ru счесть (to enumerate or determine number) · bo བགྲང (to enumerate or determine number) · dsb licyś (to enumerate or determine number) · hu számít (to be of significance; to matter) · la numerō (to enumerate or determine number) · ur گِنّا (to enumerate or determine number) · uk лічи́ти (to enumerate or determine number) · es contar (to be of significance; to matter) · id menghitung (to enumerate or determine number) · yi ציילן (to enumerate or determine number) · ovd rekken (to enumerate or determine number) · ca comptar (to enumerate or determine number) · ang tellan (to enumerate or determine number) · mrw bilang (to enumerate or determine number) · scn cuntari (to be of significance; to matter) · ky саноо (to enumerate or determine number) · ko 세다 (to enumerate or determine number) · el μετρώ (to be of significance; to matter) · mrw iap (to enumerate or determine number) · lb zielen (to enumerate or determine number) · sce toula (to enumerate or determine number) · sv räkna (to enumerate or determine number) · lt skaičiuoti (to enumerate or determine number) · hi गिनना (to enumerate or determine number) · csb lëczëc (to enumerate or determine number) · akl bilang (to enumerate or determine number) · frr räägne (to enumerate or determine number) · su étang (to enumerate or determine number) · sq numëroj (to enumerate or determine number) · vo numön (to enumerate or determine number) · bn গোনা (to enumerate or determine number) · bg и́мам значе́ние (to be of significance; to matter) · et loendama (to enumerate or determine number) · ug سانىماق (to enumerate or determine number) · eo gravi (to be of significance; to matter) · pl policzyć (to enumerate or determine number) · yao -ŵalanga (to enumerate or determine number) · ml എണ്ണുക (to enumerate or determine number) · cmn 點 /点 (to enumerate or determine number) · jv ngetung (to enumerate or determine number) · mk се важи (to be of significance; to matter) · is skipta máli (to be of significance; to matter) · nn telje (to be of significance; to matter) · ta எண்ணு (to enumerate or determine number) · uga 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (to enumerate or determine number) · scn mpurtari (to be of significance; to matter) · ka დათვლა (to enumerate or determine number) · es contabilizar (to enumerate or determine number) · be лічы́ць (to enumerate or determine number) · ms bilang (to enumerate or determine number) · qu yupay (to enumerate or determine number) · frm compter (to enumerate or determine number) · si ගණිනවා (to enumerate or determine number) · swb uhisaɓu (to enumerate or determine number) · non telja (to enumerate or determine number) · izh lukkia (to enumerate or determine number) · mk брои (to enumerate or determine number) · sh бро̀јати (to enumerate or determine number) · uz sanamoq (to enumerate or determine number) · mr गणणे (to enumerate or determine number) · kk санау (to enumerate or determine number) · tet sura (to enumerate or determine number) · chr ᏓᏎᎯᎭ (to enumerate or determine number) · ca valdre (to be of significance; to matter) · be рахава́ць (to enumerate or determine number) · ltg skaitļuot (to enumerate or determine number) · dlm embruar (to enumerate or determine number) · et lugema (to be of significance; to matter) · nb telle (to enumerate or determine number) · sm faitau (to enumerate or determine number) · uk рахува́ти (to enumerate or determine number)
From Middle English counte, from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”) (more specifically derived from its accusative form comitem) in the sense of "noble fighting alongside the king". Doublet of comes, comte, and conte.
Meanings
The male ruler of a county.
After his marriage, John made a progress through the country with his beautiful Elizabeth, and they purchased towns and villages and lands until he became master of nearly half Rügen, and a very considerable count in the country. His father, old James Dietrich, was made a noble-man, and his brothers and sisters gentlemen and ladies - for what cannot money do? 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 313:
A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
contessa (female form or wife) · marquess (related titles) · duke (related titles) · comital (adjectival form) · countess (female form or wife) · prince (related titles) · lord (related titles) · don (related titles) · baron (related titles) · earl (related titles)
Translations (88)
he רוֹזֵן (ruler of a county (male)) · el κόμης (ruler of a county (male)) · hi कौंट (ruler of a county (male)) · yi גראַף (ruler of a county (male)) · bg граф (ruler of a county (male)) · is greifi (ruler of a county (male)) · ang ġerēfa (ruler of a county (male)) · ka გრაფი (ruler of a county (male)) · enm erl (ruler of a county (male)) · zlw-opl grabia (ruler of a county (male)) · fi kreivi (ruler of a county (male)) · ca comte (ruler of a county (male)) · cs hrabě (ruler of a county (male)) · ms count (ruler of a county (male)) · sl grof (ruler of a county (male)) · ga cunta (ruler of a county (male)) · frm comte (ruler of a county (male)) · ga cuntaí (ruler of a county (male)) · km ព្រះ (ruler of a county (male)) · gl conde (ruler of a county (male)) · da greve (ruler of a county (male)) · ro grof (ruler of a county (male)) · yi כראַביע (ruler of a county (male)) · sq kont (ruler of a county (male)) · scn cunti (ruler of a county (male)) · tk graf (ruler of a county (male)) · az qraf (ruler of a county (male)) · tr kont (ruler of a county (male)) · mnc ᠪᡝ (ruler of a county (male)) · gd iarla (ruler of a county (male)) · fr comte (ruler of a county (male)) · rsk ґроф (ruler of a county (male)) · fa-ira کُنْت (ruler of a county (male)) · lv grāfs (ruler of a county (male)) · sv greve (ruler of a county (male)) · es conde (ruler of a county (male)) · ast conde (ruler of a county (male)) · kk граф (ruler of a county (male)) · ru граф (ruler of a county (male)) · pt conde (ruler of a county (male)) · uz graf (ruler of a county (male)) · cmn 伯爵 (ruler of a county (male)) · hy գրաֆ (ruler of a county (male)) · be грап (ruler of a county (male)) · br kont (ruler of a county (male)) · tl konde (ruler of a county (male)) · uz kont (ruler of a county (male)) · mk гроф (ruler of a county (male)) · nn greve (ruler of a county (male)) · nb greve (ruler of a county (male)) · ro conte (ruler of a county (male)) · mr काउन्ट (ruler of a county (male)) · de Graf (ruler of a county (male)) · fo greivi (ruler of a county (male)) · hu gróf (ruler of a county (male)) · sh grȍf (ruler of a county (male)) · it conte (ruler of a county (male)) · ur کاؤُنْٹ (ruler of a county (male)) · pl graf (ruler of a county (male)) · ja 伯爵 (ruler of a county (male)) · vi bá tước (ruler of a county (male)) · fro conte (ruler of a county (male)) · th เคานต์ (ruler of a county (male)) · ar كُونْت (ruler of a county (male)) · ota قونت (ruler of a county (male)) · zlw-opl grof (ruler of a county (male)) · tg граф (ruler of a county (male)) · bn কাউণ্ট (ruler of a county (male)) · ro comite (ruler of a county (male)) · ko 백작 (ruler of a county (male)) · lt grafas (ruler of a county (male)) · goh grāvo (ruler of a county (male)) · sk gróf (ruler of a county (male)) · pl hrabia (ruler of a county (male)) · es cómite (ruler of a county (male)) · la comes (ruler of a county (male)) · haw kauna (ruler of a county (male)) · uk граф (ruler of a county (male)) · io komto (ruler of a county (male)) · eo grafo (ruler of a county (male)) · wa conte (ruler of a county (male)) · nl graaf (ruler of a county (male)) · ky граф (ruler of a county (male)) · sh гро̏ф (ruler of a county (male)) · et krahv (ruler of a county (male)) · hy կոմս (ruler of a county (male)) · be граф (ruler of a county (male)) · ang eorl (ruler of a county (male))