contrôle

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See also: controle, controlé, and contrôlé

French

Etymology

An haplology of Middle French contrerole, a borrowing from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Latin rotulus, rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁol/
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  • Rhymes: -ol

Noun

contrôle m (plural contrôles)

  1. control (all senses)
  2. verification, checking
  3. (education) test
    Synonym: examen

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Verb

contrôle

  1. inflection of contrôler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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