comptoir
See also: Comptoir
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French comptoir, comtoir, contoir (also comptoer, contoer, comptouer, contouer), from compter, conter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument suffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin computōrium. Synchronically compter + -oir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.twaʁ/
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Noun
comptoir m (plural comptoirs)
- a counter, countertop, as of a store or bank
- 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin
- J'irai dans un bar ce soir. […] Je me battrai pour une place au comptoir.
- I'm going to a bar tonight. […] I'm going to fight for a spot at the counter.
- comptoir de crème glacée ― ice cream counter
- 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin
- a trading post in overseas colonies
Derived terms
Further reading
- “comptoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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