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masculine

/kɔ̃t/

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Translation

account, count

Word origin

From Latin computus ('a reckoning, calculation'), from computare ('to count up'), from com- ('together') and putare ('to reckon').

Origin
Latin
Root
computus
English cognates
count, compute, computer

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Examples

.

He opened a bank account last week.

.

We cannot take into account every idea.

- au , .

Keep me posted, my account is up to date.

Au , .

In the end, his decision turned out to be the right one.

' , euros.

The numbers don't add up, twenty euros are missing.

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This word is part of lesson 6.