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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

compte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔ̃t

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tally/ˈtæli/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le compte des voix a montré un gagnant clair."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A record of scores or amounts.

    "The tally of votes showed a clear winner in the election."
As verb
  1. 1

    To count or calculate the total of something.

    "Please tally the scores after each round of the game."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'taille', meaning a notch or piece of wood, stemming from the Latin 'talea' meaning a cutting or twig. Historically, debts and counts were recorded by making notches on wooden tally sticks, a practice that evolved into general accounting and scorekeeping.

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