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Translation

to check, to inspect

Word origin

Borrowed from French controler, from contre-role, the duplicate register a clerk kept so one copy could be checked against the other. Note the false friend - Esperanto kontroli means to check or verify, not to be in charge of something, which is regi or estri.

Origin
French
Root
contre-role
English cognates
control, controller

Examples

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Please check the door before sleeping.

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The teacher checked our answers.

dufoje, .

I checked twice, but the name was not there.

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This word is part of lesson 21.