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compter

Meaning

  1. (ambitransitive) to count
  2. (transitive) to reckon, allow
  3. (transitive) to include; to comprise, to consist of
  4. (transitive) to comprise, to consist of
  5. (intransitive) to matter
  6. (catenative) to intend, plan
  7. to count on

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ̃.te/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French compter, conter, from Old French compter, conter, cunter, from Latin computāre. Doublet of conter and computer. The learned spelling -mpt- was originally used interchangeably with the phonetic spelling -nt-. In modern French they have been split in such a way that the Latinizing form represents the sense “to count”, which was already present in Latin, while the native form represents the derived sense “to tell” (see conter).

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