contea

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus. Doublet of contado. The modern sense of an administrative division is a semantic loan from English county.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: con‧tè‧a

Noun

contea f (plural contee)

  1. (historical) county (territory of a count or countess)
    Synonym: contado
  2. earldom
    Synonym: contado
  3. county (administrative region)

Further reading

  • contea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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