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masculine

/ʁə.kɔʁ/

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Translation

record (best performance)

Word origin

Borrowed back from English 'record', which came from Old French recorder ('to recall'), from Latin recordari ('to bring to mind'), built on cor ('heart').

Origin: Latin
Root: recordari
English cognates: record, cordial

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralrecords

Examples

He broke the world record.

Records never last long.

This record has stood for twenty years.

She runs every day with her record in mind.

Two records fell on the same evening.

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This word is part of lesson 50.