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computer

Pronunciation: /kɔ̃.py.te/

“computer” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to compute

In French

  1. Supputer.
  2. Compter, calculer; effectuer un comput.
  3. Ordinateur.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin computāre (“to compute, sum up”). See also the doublets compter and conter.

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