comete

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈme.te/ Rhymes: -ete Hyphenation: co‧mé‧te === Noun === comete f plural of cometa === Anagrams === meteco == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈmeː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈmɛː.te] === Noun === comētē ablative/vocative singular of comētēs == Middle English == === Alternative forms === comate === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French comete, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”). === Noun === comete (plural cometes) (astronomy) comet ==== Descendants ==== English: comet ==== References ==== “comēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 July 2026. == Old French == === Alternative forms === comecte, commet, commete, cumete === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”). === Noun === comete oblique singular, f (oblique plural cometes, nominative singular comete, nominative plural cometes) (astronomy) comet ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: comèteFrench: comète→ Romanian: cometă→ Persian: کومت (komet) Norman: conmète → Middle English: comete, comateEnglish: comet === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “comete”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. “comete”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. comete on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ Hyphenation: co‧me‧te === Verb === comete inflection of cometer: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈmete/ [koˈme.t̪e] Rhymes: -ete Syllabification: co‧me‧te === Verb === comete second-person singular voseo imperative of comer combined with te inflection of cometer: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative