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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

s'accumuler

Pronunciation / Transliteration: s-a-ky-my-le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accrue/əˈkruː/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les intérêts vont s'accumuler sur votre compte."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To (of a benefit, advantage, or sum of money) receive or be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.

    "Interest will accrue on the account balance at a rate of four percent per year."
  2. 2

    To accumulate or build up over a period of time.

    "Over the years, she managed to accrue a vast collection of rare books."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle French word 'accru', the past participle of 'accroître', meaning 'to grow or increase', which originates from the Latin 'accrescere' (ad- 'to' + crescere 'to grow'). It entered the English language in the late 15th century initially as a legal term relating to the addition of rights or properties, later expanding into general financial and quantitative contexts.

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