comptroller

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /kənˈtroʊlɚ/ UK /kənˈtrəʊlə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

controller /kənˈtroʊlɚ/

Meanings

1

noun
a controller, especially one supervising financial accounts

The city comptroller audited every department's spending.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a controller, especially... controller auditor accountant treasurer overseer

Word family

Related forms controller controlcomptrollership

Etymology

An altered spelling of controller, by erroneous association with French compte ('account') and Latin computare ('to compute'). Controller itself comes from Anglo-French contrerollour, from contreroller ('to keep a counter-roll').

contrerollour Old French computare Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# comptroller

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈtroʊlɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈtrəʊlə/

## Meanings
1. a controller, especially one supervising financial accounts

## Examples
- The city comptroller audited every department's spending.

## Synonyms
- controller
- auditor
- accountant
- treasurer
- overseer

## Related Forms
- controller
- control
- comptrollership

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: contrerollour
- Root: computare

## Etymology
An altered spelling of controller, by erroneous association with French compte ('account') and Latin computare ('to compute'). Controller itself comes from Anglo-French contrerollour, from contreroller ('to keep a counter-roll').

## AI Etymology
Comptroller is an altered spelling of controller, by erroneous association with French compte ('account') and Latin computare ('to compute'). Controller itself comes from Anglo-French contrerollour, from contreroller ('to keep a counter-roll'). Important recorded forms include contrerollour (Old French) and computare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a controller, especially one supervising financial accounts. The wider family includes related words such as controller, control, and comptrollership.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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