🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Calculer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kal-kü-lay

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Compute/kəmˈpjuːt/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle a utilisé une calculatrice pour calculer le coût total des articles."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To calculate or determine a numerical value.

    "She used a calculator to compute the total cost of the items."
  2. 2

    To perform mathematical operations on data.

    "The software can compute complex algorithms in seconds."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'compute' originates from the Latin 'computare', which means 'to calculate' or 'to count'. It entered the English language in the late 14th century, evolving from a general sense of calculation to its modern usage in mathematics and computing.

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