conte

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conte /kɒnt/

▶noun a short story as a form of literary composition.

■ a medieval narrative tale.

– origin Fr., based on L. computare ‘reckon, sum up’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Conté /ˈkɒnteɪ/

▶noun a kind of hard grease-free crayon used for artwork.

– origin C19: named after the French inventor Nicolas J. Conté.