counter

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. One who counts.
2. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
3. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
4. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
5. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
6. (Internet) A hit counter.
7. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
8. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
9. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
10. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
11. Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
12. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
13. A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
2. (not-comparable) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.

Verb

1. To contradict, oppose.
2. To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
3. To take action in response to; to respond.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To encounter.

Adj

Contrary or opposing

Conceptes

taulell

comptador

bufet

fitxa

contrafort

comptavoltes

anticipar-se

contraatacar

patilla

aparador

getó

finestreta

taquilla

taló

Sinònims

bar

meter

oppose

retort

parry

buffet

return

respond

chip

check

reply

sideboard

stand

riposte

token

contrary

withstand

counterpunch

desk

answer

cupboard

ticket window

shelf

scaler

tabulator

cash desk

back

🔙

calibrator

retaliate

against

resist

ticket office

register

anticipate

rejoinder

block

adverse

antagonistic

piece

replication

gauge

opposite

box office

counterattack

hatch

react

contradict

stop

🛑

forestall

comeback

Traduccions

compteur

contatore

Zähler

contador

mostrador

Schalter

μετρητής

comptoir

contador

πάγκος

Theke

balcão

guichet

banco

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: countour

In summary

Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.

Frases

The boy saw a man appear behind the counter .