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/sistɛm/
Translation
system
Word origin
From Late Latin systema, borrowed from Greek sustema ('an organised whole'), from sun ('together') and histanai ('to set, to place').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- sustema
- English cognates
- system, systematic
Grammar
Examples
informatique .
The computer system has been down since this morning.
.
We must change the system if we want to achieve real results.
au .
The French healthcare system is considered among the best in the world.
informatique au .
The new computer system helps us a lot at work.
l'.
We need to change the whole school system.
est un nom masculin designe un ensemble organise d'elements interdependants. Systeme d'exploitation (operating system), systeme solaire (solar system) et systeme educatif (education system) en sont des emplois frequents. Systematique est l'adjectif derive.
Avoir quelqu'un dans le systeme (to have someone on the system) est une expression technique. Debrouiller le systeme (to work the system) et contre le systeme (against the system) expriment des attitudes face aux institutions. Par systeme (systematically, as a rule) est une locution adverbiale.
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