recensement
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]recensement m (plural recensements)
- census (official count of members of a population).
- (somewhat archaic) counting, tallying; tally, account (of score or the like).
- 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, pages 8–9:
- Chaque Assemblée fait le dépouillement des suffrages, et envoie un commissaire pour le recensement général au lieu désigné comme le plus central.
- Each Assembly carries out the counting of votes and sends a commissioner for general tallying to the place designated as the most central.
- 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 9:
- Si le premier recensement ne donne point de majorité absolue […]
- If the first return does not give an absolute majority […]
Further reading
[edit]- “recensement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.