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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescontrôleur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kontʁolœʁ
"Le contrôleur a vérifié nos billets."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person or device that inspects, examines, or verifies something for accuracy or quality.
"The ticket checker punched our train passes before we boarded." - 2
One of the small round pieces used in the game of checkers or backgammon.
"He moved his red checker diagonally across the board."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'cheker', from Old French 'eschequier', denoting a chessboard. The meaning expanded to refer to someone or something that inspects, verifies, or marks with a pattern of squares.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Checker" is said worldwide
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contrôleur
Transliteration: kontʁolœʁ
"Le contrôleur a vérifié nos billets."
Prüfer
Transliteration: ˈpʁyːfɐ
"Der Prüfer hat die Qualität der Waren kontrolliert."
controllore
Transliteration: kontroˈllore
"Il controllore è salito sul treno."
inspector
Transliteration: inspekˈtoɾ
"El inspector revisó los documentos."
fiscal
Transliteration: fiʃˈkal
"O fiscal conferiu todas as mercadorias."
जांचकर्ता
Transliteration: jaānchkartā
"टिकट जांचकर्ता ने हमारे टिकट देखे।"
检查员
Transliteration: jiǎn chá yuán
"检查员正在核对数据。"
검사원
Transliteration: geom sawon
"검사원이 제품의 결함을 확인했습니다."
検品者
Transliteration: kenpinsha
"検品者が商品の不具合をチェックした。"
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