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Etymology edit

From French contrôler, Italian controllare, German kontrollieren, all from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (counter-roll or register used to verify accounts).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [konˈtroli]
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  • Rhymes: -oli
  • Hyphenation: kon‧tro‧li

Verb edit

kontroli (present kontrolas, past kontrolis, future kontrolos, conditional kontrolus, volitive kontrolu)

  1. (transitive) to check; to check up; to supervise; to verify

Usage notes edit

The word kontroli is a false friend to "control" in English; see regi.

Conjugation edit