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== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊn.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/; (in fast speech) [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] Rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ) Hyphenation: count‧er === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count +‎ -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor. ==== Noun ==== counter (plural counters) One who counts. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count. (Internet) A hit counter. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation. Synonyms: (Australia and New Zealand) bench, benchtop In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin. Synonym: (Australia and New Zealand) bench (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter. (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. ===== Synonyms ===== (grammar) measure word ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: カウンター (kauntā) → Korean: 카운터 (kaunteo) → Malay: kaunter → Thai: เคาน์เตอร์ (káo-dtə̂ə) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra. ==== Adverb ==== counter (not comparable) Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course. a hound that runs counter ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:contrarily ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== counter (plural counters) Something opposite or contrary to something else. (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent. (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot). (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor. The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph. (obsolete) An encounter. counterattack ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== counter (third-person singular simple present counters, present participle countering, simple past and past participle countered) To contradict, oppose. Coordinate terms: counteract, counterargue, counterbalance, countervail (boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. To take action in response to; to respond. (transitive, obsolete) To encounter. ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== counter (not comparable) Contrary or opposing Synonyms: opposite, contrasted, opposed, adverse, antagonistic ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, countre, recount, trounce == Chinese == === Etymology 1 === From English counter (“tabletop”). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== counter (Hong Kong Cantonese) counter; front desk; reception desk (Classifier: 個／个 c; 張／张 c) ==== References ==== English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese === Etymology 2 === From English counter (“to take action in response to; to respond”). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== counter (Hong Kong Cantonese) to counter; to take action in response to; to respond (especially when the response taken is opposite to the original situation) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English counter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯n.tər/ Hyphenation: coun‧ter === Noun === counter m (plural counters, no diminutive) (chiefly sports, especially soccer) counter-attack, counter Synonym: tegenaanval ==== Related terms ==== counteren == Old French == === Verb === counter (Late Anglo-Norman) alternative form of conter ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English counter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaunteɾ/ [ˈkãũn̪.t̪eɾ] Rhymes: -aunteɾ IPA(key): /ˈkounteɾ/ [ˈkõũn̪.t̪eɾ] Rhymes: -ounteɾ Syllabification: coun‧ter === Noun === counter m (plural counters) (Latin America and US) airport service counter (Costa Rica) customer service agent ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “counter”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense