# conde
## English
### Noun

conde (plural condes)
* Alternative spelling of conn
* The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
    The officer of the deck has the conde of the vessel.
    The captain took the conde when he reached the bridge.

### Verb

conde (third-person singular simple present condes, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)
* (transitive, rare) To direct a ship.
    The pilot conded the ship safely into the harbor.

### Anagrams

* CODEN, Con Ed, coend, coned, decon, onced

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem.

### Noun

conde m (plural condes)
* count (the male ruler of a county)

#### Related terms

* condáu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese conde (“count”), from Latin comitem, accusative of comes (“companion”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkondɪ]

### Noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)
* count (the male ruler of a county)

#### Related terms

* condado

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “conde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “conde”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “conde”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “conde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “conde”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkon.de/, [ˈkɔn̪d̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkon.de/, [ˈkɔn̪d̪e]

### Verb

conde
* second-person singular present active imperative of condō

## Middle Dutch
### Verb

conde
* first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive of connen

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese conde (“count”), from Latin comitem (“companion”).

#### Alternative forms

* comde (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkõ.d͡ʒi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkõ.d͡ʒi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkõ.de/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkõ.dɨ/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -õdɨ, (Brazil) -õd͡ʒi
* Hyphenation: cedon‧deih

#### Noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condessa, feminine plural condessas)
* count (the male ruler of a county)

##### Related terms

* condado

#### Further reading

* “conde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

conde
* inflection of condir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkonde/ [ˈkõn̪.d̪e]
* Rhymes: -onde
* Syllabification: con‧de

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin comitem (> */ˈkɔm(e)de/ > /ˈkonde/). Old Spanish also had a diphthongized form cuende. Cognate with English count.

#### Noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)
* count, earl (nobility); countess in the feminine sense

##### Related terms

* condado
* vizconde

##### See also

* duque
* barón
* marqués
* nobleza

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

conde
* inflection of condir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “conde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10