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/ku/
Translation
cost
Word origin
From Old French cost, from Latin constare ('to stand together', hence 'to cost'), formed from con- ('together') and stare ('to stand'). The circumflex marks a lost s, as in most -oût words. English cost, constant and stable come from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- constare
- English cognates
- cost, constant, stable
Grammar
Examples
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The cost of living rises every year.
calculer .
You need to work out the total cost of the trip.
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This cost is too high for our budget.
Three words share the sound /ku/: (cost), (neck) and (a blow, a knock, a strike). Spelling is the only thing that tells them apart in writing, so lean on context when listening. The circumflex on is a fossil of the Latin s that dropped out of cost, the same pattern as from forest and from hospital.
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