Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)The land ruled by a count or a countess.

    Grafschaft

    гра́фствоgráfstvo

    гра́фствоhráfstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).

    Landkreis, Grafschaft, Bezirk

    гра́фствоgráfstvo, о́кругókrug, уе́здujézd

    о́кругókruh, гра́фствоhráfstvo, пові́тpovít

  3. (countable, uncountable)A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.

    traditional county

  4. (US, slang, uncountable)A jail operated by a county government.

    He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.

More definitions
  • (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
  • (United States) the largest administrative district within a state

Examples

65 sentences

  1. Tom is in the county jail.

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  2. Tom went to the county fair.

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  3. I was born in this county.

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  4. This county is poor in natural resources.

    ruЭтот округ беден природными ресурсами.

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  5. How many counties are there in Florida?

    Скільки графств у Флориді?

    ruСколько округов во Флориде?

    deWie viele Landkreise gibt es in Florida?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
land ruled by a count or countess:
administrative region of various countries:
Русский
By meaning 2
land ruled by a count or countess:
administrative region of various countries:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
land ruled by a count or countess:
administrative region of various countries:

Origin

From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (Fr

From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comitātus (“jurisdiction of a count”), from comes (“count, earl”). Cognate with Spanish condado (“county”) and Italian contea (“county”). Doublet of comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native Old English sċīr, whence Modern English shire.

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Forms

plural: counties
Singularcounty
Pluralcounties

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
countshipcountdomxian
from Mandarin Chinese:hsien

Word family

52 related words
RelatedcountB1kingdomA2marchA1nobilityB2royaltyB2baronybishopriccountdomduchyearldommargravatemarquessatemarquisateparishprincipalityregalityshireviscountcyviscounty
Derivedceremonial countycollar countycounty boroughcounty browniecounty councilcounty courtcounty cropcounty faircounty familycounty farmcountyhoodcountyismcounty jailcounty-level citycounty-level municipalitycountylikecounty linecounty palatinecounty seatcounty towncountywidehistoric countyhome countyintercounty

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the county jail
  • in the county
  • county jail

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
countryA2countryfolkcountrymanB2countrysideA2coupcoupleA2
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