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Contente

Contente is a term found in several Romance languages with meanings tied to satisfaction, happiness, or approval. In French, contente is the feminine form of the adjective content, used to describe someone who is pleased. The masculine form is content; the plural forms are contents (masculine) and contentes (feminine). In Portuguese (and Galician), contente is an adjective meaning pleased or satisfied, with the plural contentes; it is used for both masculine and feminine subjects, though agreement follows the noun it modifies. In Italian, the closest standard form is content(o) for happiness or satisfaction; contentee or contente is not a common standard form, though it can appear in dialects or as a proper name.

Etymology traces contente to the Latin contentus, meaning held together or satisfied, which passed into the

Usage notes: In modern French, the phrase “elle est contente” indicates that a female subject is happy,

See also: content, contents, contentment, felicity.

Romance
languages
and
evolved
into
the
various
gender
and
number
agreements
seen
today.
The
term
is
closely
related
to
the
noun
contentment
in
English
and
to
the
general
idea
of
a
satisfactory
state.
while
“il
est
content”
does
so
for
a
male
subject.
In
Portuguese,
“ficar
contente”
or
“ficar
contente”
is
used
to
express
becoming
pleased,
with
noun
agreement
as
appropriate.
The
word
can
also
function
as
a
surname
in
Romance-language
regions,
where
individuals
or
families
adopt
Contente
as
a
last
name.