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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

controllore

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kontrolˈloːre

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Controller/kənˈtroʊ.lər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il controllore è salito sul treno per controllare i biglietti."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or device that directs, regulates, or manages the operation of something.

    "The flight controller guided the airplane safely through the storm."
  2. 2

    An input device used to control a video game or electronic equipment.

    "He connected a wireless controller to the console to play the game."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'contralour', borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'contraleour', meaning one who checks accounts against a roll. Ultimately traces back to the Medieval Latin 'contrarotulator', combining 'contra-' (against) and 'rotulus' (roll).

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