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compte rendu

[ kawnt rahn-dy ]

noun

French.
plural comptes rendus
  1. a report of a transaction or proceedings.


compte rendu

/ kɔ̃t rɑ̃dy /

noun

  1. a short review or notice, esp of a book
  2. a statement of account
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of compte rendu1

Literally, “account rendered”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of compte rendu1

literally: account rendered
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Example Sentences

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First, although it only exists For us in the compte rendu of the author, and is therefore a description rather than a literal scenario, a very good idea can be gained from it of the directions given by a poet to extempore actors.

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The details of this disheartening undertaking have been given fully in the Compte rendu, published with the works of Beaumarchais.

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He was concerned in the preparation of the Compte rendu of 1832, and advocated universal suffrage.

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He puts the “radius-vector” question to Le Verrier, “‘I have read, with very great interest, the account of your investigations on the probable place of a planet disturbing the motions of Uranus, which is contained in the Compte Rendu de l’Académie of June 1; and I now beg leave to trouble you with the following question.

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Before he went to prison he published a compte rendu of his trial, which had a still larger circulation than the Discours itself.

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