noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Conté.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
conté
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnteɪ/
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General-American: /ˈkɑnteɪ/
noun
Meaning 2
A drawing medium, usually square in cross-section, composed of compressed powdered charcoal or graphite mixed with a clay or wax base.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Conté crayon
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the surname of its inventor, French painter and army officer Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755–1805), who created it in 1795.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: Konte karandaşı — drawing medium
- Dutch: Conté — drawing medium
- French: crayon mine — drawing medium
- German: Conté — drawing medium
- Indonesian: konte — drawing medium
- Irish: crián cointé — drawing medium
- Japanese: コンテ (konte) — drawing medium
- Javanese: Conté — drawing medium
- Javanese: Konté — drawing medium
- Korean: 콩테 (kongte) — drawing medium
- Polish: Conté — drawing medium
- Russian: карандаш Конте (karandaš Konte) — drawing medium
- Spanish: lápiz conté — drawing medium