comptroller

Betekenis (Engels)

The chief accountant of a company or government.

Synoniemen

controller

accountant

auditor

bookkeeper

censor

accounting

prober

ticket collector

remonstrator

tally clerk

management accountant

Vertalingen

contrôleur

controllore

interventor

controlador

controlador

comptable

kontrolör

murakıp

contabile

ragioniere

contralor

denetleyici

ελεγκτής

comptador

λογιστής

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ]

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: compteroller

In summary

From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (“account”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the spelling.