contrôle

/kɔ̃tʁol/

noun #783 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

control, check, test

Grammar

Gender

Examples

effectue controles 'identité l' festival.

The police carried out identity checks at the entrance to the festival.

verglas.

We lost control of the car on the black ice.

élèves maths vendredi .

The pupils have a maths test on Friday morning.

Controle est un nom masculin avec plusieurs sens : le controle (verification), la maitrise ou domination (perdre le controle), et en contexte scolaire un controle (un test, un devoir sur table). Hors de controle (out of control) est une expression tres frequente.

Controle continu (continuous assessment) s'oppose aux examens ponctuels. Prendre le controle (to take control) et rester sous controle (to remain under control) sont des constructions verbales courantes. Autocontrole (self-control) est un derive formel.

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