counter

Etymology 1
, from (French ), from, from , equivalent to. .

Noun

 * 1) One who counts.
 * 2) A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
 * 3) An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
 * 4) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
 * 5)  A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
 * 6)  A hit counter.
 * 7) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
 * 8) A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
 * 9) In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
 * 10) In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
 * 11)  Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
 * 12)  The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
 * 13)  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.
 * 1) In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
 * 2) In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
 * 3)  Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
 * 4)  The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
 * 5)  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.
 * 1)  The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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

 * measure word

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Belarusian: лічы́льшчык, лічы́льшчыца
 * Bulgarian:, броя́чка
 * Catalan: comptador
 * Czech: počtář, počtářka
 * Danish:, optæller
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kyrgyz: билмээсепчи
 * Macedonian: бро́јач
 * Maori: kaitatau
 * Middle English: countour
 * Norman: compteux
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: preštevalec, preštevalka
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: ҳисобчӣ
 * Ukrainian: обліко́вець


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: عَدَّاد
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: лічы́льнік
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, getó
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: niverell, boton
 * Czech: čítač
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: бро́јач
 * Maori: perepere
 * Middle English: countour
 * Norman: compteux
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: yupana
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бро̀ја̄ч
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: čítač
 * Slovene: števec
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ҳисобкунак
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: лічи́льник
 * Welsh: rhifydd


 * Afrikaans: toonbank
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: piştaxta
 * Basque: erakusmahai
 * Belarusian: сто́йка, прыла́вак
 * Bulgarian: гише́,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 櫃檯
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: komptyer
 * Danish: disk, skranke
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: butiktablo, vendotablo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:, kiszolgálópult
 * Icelandic: afgreiðsluborð, búðarborð
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cuntar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カウンタ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 계산대(計算臺),
 * Ladino: kontuar
 * Maori: pae-utu
 * Middle English: countour
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: disk
 * Nynorsk: disk
 * Ottoman Turkish: پشتخته
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: pult
 * Spanish:, ticket window
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เคาน์เตอร์
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: сто́йка, прила́вок
 * Vietnamese: quầy thu ngân
 * Welsh:, cownter


 * Afrikaans:
 * Czech: čítač
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: nombrilo
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: teljari
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: comptavoltes
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Middle English: countour


 * Afrikaans: kookoppervlak
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, előkészítő felület,
 * Icelandic: eldhúsbekkur
 * Irish: cuntar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: tūpapa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjøkkenbenk
 * Nynorsk: kjøkenbenk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: encimera
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: kệ bếp


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: vastaliike
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: vastatoimi; vastaehdotus
 * Russian: ,


 * Hungarian: betűszem

Etymology 2
From, , both from.

Adverb

 * 1) Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
 * 2) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
 * a hound that runs counter
 * a hound that runs counter

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:contrarily

Translations

 * Aragonese: contra
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: en contra,

Noun

 * 1) Something opposite or contrary to something else.
 * 2)  A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
 * 3)  The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
 * 4) The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
 * 5)   Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
 * 6) The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
 * 7)  The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
 * 8)  An encounter.
 * 9) counterattack
 * 1)  An encounter.
 * 2) counterattack
 * 1) counterattack

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: vastaliike,


 * Finnish: kantio, kantakappi
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1) To contradict, oppose.
 * 2)  To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
 * 3) To take action in response to; to respond.
 * 4)  To encounter.
 * 1) To take action in response to; to respond.
 * 2)  To encounter.
 * 1)  To encounter.
 * 1)  To encounter.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: противопоставям се
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:

Adjective

 * 1) Contrary or opposing

Derived terms

 * See also: counter-
 * See also: counter-
 * See also: counter-
 * See also: counter-
 * See also: counter-
 * See also: counter-
 * See also: counter-

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ; front desk; reception desk

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to ; to take action in response to; to respond

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  counter-attack,