counter

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

compteur

comptoir

guichet

jeton

contre

contrer

bar

pion

retour

riposter

prévenir

prévoir

rentrer

répliquer

réponse

retourner

riposte

talon

zinc

à contre-sens

en sens inverse

lancer de placement

lieu de vente

repartie

tabulatrice

classificateur

opposées

opposâmes

opposa

opposés

opposai

opposèrent

mot de mesure

comptoire

antagonique

contrepoinçon

anticiper

barre

combattre

contraire

empêcher

🛑

lutter

numérateur

opposé

précéder

Synonymes

bar

oppose

meter

parry

retort

return

chip

respond

buffet

reply

check

counterpunch

desk

contrary

cupboard

withstand

answer

ticket window

token

sideboard

stand

riposte

react

anticipate

fish

🐟

register

rejoinder

replication

heel counter

against

resist

comeback

stop

🛑

block

measure word

retaliate

back

🔙

contradict

scaler

shelf

box office

adverse

tabulator

office

🏢

calibrator

ticket office

wardrobe

wicket

window

🪟

cash desk

opposite

foresee

forestall

piece

counterattack

gauge

antagonistic

hatch

neighbourhood

numberer

numeral

numerator

object

opposed

opposing

over-the-counter

pawn

plane

plank

plead

point of sale

prevent

proximity

reader

reciprocative

reckoner

record

repay

represent

response

restaurant

restrict

revoking

see

👀

serve

shop

shopboard

store

surface

take in charge

teller

thwart

counterword

frequency meter

proceed against

tallyman

tiddlywink

numbering machine

backspin

re-

teller window

counter-

shop front

POS

sales floor

lunch counter

spinning the opposite way

accumulator register

counting device

contra-

give a respond to

move contrary

also the heel

of a shoe

whitelash

cnt

scaling circuit

ctr

over-ride

over-rule

tally register

counterhold

translate

accumulator

annul

answer for

antithetic

antithetical

argue

backlash

banquette

bass

bear

🐻

bench

buttocks

calculator

cash register

checkout

china cabinet

collect

come back

computer

💻

contrast

controvert

correspond

counteract

counteracting

counteraction

counterblow

countermove

counter-tenor

countervail

defeat

desktop

diapason

dispute

encounter

enumerator

equal

estimator

familiar

feed back

field

figurer

fill

gage

gauger

hinder

hob

impede

inhibit

inverse

irreconcilable

jetton

man

👨

mantel

mantle

measurer

medal

Traductions

Zähler

contador

contatore

mostrador

Schalter

Theke

banco

sayaç

kontern

sportello

🚪

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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.

Phrases

The boy saw a man appear behind the counter .

Le garçon a vu un homme apparaître derrière le comptoir.