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compter.

to count

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/kɔ̃.te/
  1. to count

    ambitransitive
  2. to reckon, allow

    transitive
    Pour se rendre jusque là, il faut compter deux bonnes heures.
  3. to include; to comprise, to consist of

    transitive
    Je ne l'ai pas comptée dans le calcul.
  4. to comprise, to consist of

    transitive
    Une semaine compte 7 [sept] jours divisés en 24 [vingt-quatre] heures.
  5. to matter

    intransitive
    La seule chose qui compte pour Jim, c'est d'être riche.
  6. to intend, plan

    catenative
    Tu comptes partir à quelle heure ?
  7. to count on

    Je compte sur toi !
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French compter, conter, from Old French compter, conter, cunter, from Latin computāre. Doublet of conter and computer. The learned spelling -mpt- was originally used interchangeably with the phonetic spelling -nt-. In modern French they have been split in such a way that the Latinizing form represents the sense “to count”, which was already present in Latin, while the native form represents the derived sense “to tell” (see conter).

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