controller

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹəʊlə/
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• General-American: /kənˈtɹoʊlɚ/
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• homophone: comptroller (one pronunciation)
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• rhymes with -əʊlə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T R OW1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English countreroller, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour and Middle French contreroleur (French contrôleur), from Medieval Latin contrārotulātor, from *contrārotulāre (from which control). Doublet of comptroller. By surface analysis, control + -er.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: кантралёр (kantraljór) — person who controls something
• Bulgarian: контрольо́р (kontroljór) — person who controls something
• Czech: kontrolor — person who controls something
• Czech: kontrolorka — person who controls something
• Czech: ovladač — person who controls something
• Finnish: johtaja — person who controls something
• Finnish: päällikkö — person who controls something
• Finnish: valvoja — person who controls something
• French: contrôleur — person who controls something
• French: contrôleuse — person who controls something
• German: Kontrolleur — person who controls something
• German: Aufseher — person who controls something
• Greek: ελεγκτής (elegktís) — person who controls something
• Hindi: नियंत्रक (niyantrak) — person who controls something
• Irish: stiúrthóir — person who controls something
• Italian: controllore — person who controls something
• Latin: moderātor — person who controls something
• Latin: moderātrix — person who controls something
• Macedonian: контроло́р (kontrolór) — person who controls something
• Māori: kaiwhakahaere — person who controls something
• Polish: kontroler — person who controls something
• Portuguese: controlador — person who controls something
• Romanian: controlor — person who controls something
• Romanian: controloare — person who controls something
• Russian: контролёр (kontroljór) — person who controls something
• Serbo-Croatian: контро̀ло̄р — person who controls something
• Serbo-Croatian: kontròlōr — person who controls something
• Slovak: kontrolór — person who controls something
• Slovak: kontrolórka — person who controls something
• Slovak: ovládač — person who controls something
• Slovene: krmilnik — person who controls something
• Spanish: controlador — person who controls something
• Spanish: controladora — person who controls something
• Swahili: mdhibiti — person who controls something
• Swedish: kontrollant — person who controls something
• Ukrainian: контроле́р (kontrolér) — person who controls something
• Bulgarian: контро́лер (kontróler) — electronics: device for controlling
• Esperanto: regilo — electronics: device for controlling
• French: contrôleur — electronics: device for controlling
• French: manette — electronics: device for controlling
• German: Regler — electronics: device for controlling
• Russian: контро́ллер (kontróller) — electronics: device for controlling
• Finnish: kirjanpitopäällikkö — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Finnish: talouspäällikkö — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Finnish: controller — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Finnish: pääkirjanpitäjä — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Finnish: varainhoitaja — the chief accountant of a company or government
• French: manette — the chief accountant of a company or government
• French: contrôleur — the chief accountant of a company or government
• German: Controller — the chief accountant of a company or government
• German: Rechnungsprüfer — the chief accountant of a company or government
• German: Buchprüfer — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Greek: διευθυντής (diefthyntís) — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Hindi: लेखानियंत्रक (lekhāniyantrak) — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Ido: chefkontrolisto — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Irish: ard-reachtaire — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Italian: controllore — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Italian: revisore — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Polish: kontroler — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Polish: rewident — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Portuguese: auditor — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Portuguese: tesoureiro — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Romanian: controlor — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Romanian: revizor — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Russian: контро́ллер (kontróller) — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Spanish: controlador — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Spanish: contralor — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Spanish: director administrativo — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Spanish: director financiero — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Spanish: interventor — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Swahili: mdhibiti wa fedha — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Swedish: controller — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Swedish: styrekonom — the chief accountant of a company or government
• Bulgarian: контро́лер (kontróler) — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Czech: řadič — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Finnish: ajuri — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• German: Controller — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• German: Steuerung — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• German: Regler — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Greek: ελεγκτής (elegktís) — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Italian: controllo — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Māori: pūwhakamana — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Polish: kontroler — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Portuguese: controlador — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Portuguese: controle — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Romanian: controler — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Romanian: controlor — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Romanian: regulator — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Russian: контро́ллер (kontróller) — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Scottish Gaelic: rianadair — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Swedish: reglage — computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine
• Bulgarian: контро́лер (kontróler) — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Dutch: controller — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Finnish: peliohjain — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Finnish: pad-ohjain — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Finnish: padi — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• French: manette — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• French: manette de jeu — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Galician: mando — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• German: Controller — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Italian: controller — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Italian: controllore — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Marathi: जॉय्पॅड (jŏypĕḍ) — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Polish: kontroler — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Portuguese: comando — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Portuguese: controle — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Romanian: controler — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Russian: контро́ллер (kontróller) — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Spanish: control — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games
• Spanish: mando — video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games