countenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman counter, conter, from Latin computō; equivalent to counte (“computation”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). First attested in c. 1390.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkuːntən/

動詞

counten (third-person singular simple present counteth, present participle countende, countynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle counted) (especially Late Middle English)

1. To count (enumerate; give the number of)
2. To count; to analyse or consider as a member of a group.
3. To consider important; to matter to.
4. To provide accounts or records of.
5. (rare) To narrate or recount.

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: count
• Scots: coont, count

参照

• “cǒunten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.