county
Characteristic of a ‘county family’Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
» Tom is in the county jail.
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1 sensesCharacteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
Examples
65 sentencesTom is in the county jail.
Tom went to the county fair.
I was born in this county.
This county is poor in natural resources.
ruЭтот округ беден природными ресурсами. — Lenin_1917
How many counties are there in Florida?
Скільки графств у Флориді? — deniko
ruСколько округов во Флориде? — Balamax
deWie viele Landkreise gibt es in Florida? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (FrFrom 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
more county, most county| Comparative | more county Lesson |
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| Superlative | most county Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
3 patterns- the county jail
- in the county
- county jail
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.