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comptoir.

a counter, countertop (as of a store or bank)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔ̃.twaʁ/
  1. a counter, countertop (as of a store or bank)

    masculine
    comptoir de crème glacée
  2. a trading post in overseas colonies

    masculine
  3. a cartel, a cartel agreement

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French comptoir, comtoir, contoir (also comptoer, contoer, comptouer, contouer), from compter, conter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument suffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin computātōrium. By surface analysis, compter + -oir.

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