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masculine

/kɔ.mi.te/

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Translation

committee, board

Word origin

Borrowed in the eighteenth century from English committee, which came from commit, from Latin committere ('to put together, to entrust').

Origin: English
Root: committee
English cognates: committee, commit

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcomités

Examples

tous .

The committee meets every Tuesday.

' au l'.

She has just joined the school committee.

- .

Local committees decide their own spending.

A committee of three people is going to look into the matter.

The two committees gave the same opinion.

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This word is part of lesson 41.