contrôle

See also: controle, controlé, and contrôlé

French

Etymology

An haplology of Middle French contrerole, a borrowing from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contra (“against, opposite”) + Latin rotulus, rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁol/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

contrôle m (plural contrôles)

1. control (all senses)
2. (education) test

Derived terms

• contrôler
• contrôleur

Verb

contrôle

1. first-person singular present indicative of contrôler
2. third-person singular present indicative of contrôler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of contrôler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of contrôler
5. second-person singular imperative of contrôler

Further reading

• “contrôle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• colorent