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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
Noun
contrôle m (plural contrôles)
- control (all senses)
- verification, checking
- (education) test
- Synonym: examen
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Verb
contrôle
- inflection of contrôler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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