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le compteur
meter
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How do you say compteur in French?
How do you pronounce compteur in French?
compteur is pronounced /lə kɔ̃tœʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le compteur électrique est défaillant et doit être remplacé rapidement.
The electric meter is faulty and must be replaced quickly.
Notre ancien compteur de vitesse ne fonctionnait plus, alors nous avons acheté un nouveau compteur numérique.
Our old speedometer no longer worked, so we bought a new digital meter.
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Why is it masculine?
Compteur is masculine because it derives from the Latin "computator" (one who counts), which carried the masculine gender that French inherited; the suffix "-eur" (from Latin "-ator") typically produces masculine nouns in French. This grammatical gender was simply preserved through the language's evolution from Latin.
What is the French word for meter?
The French word for meter is le compteur — masculine.
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