comput

kɔ̃pyt
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Translation of comput into English

Noun, masculine

1.

calendrier religieux

Rare
calcul pour établir un calendrier religieux selon les astres
Rare
computus ecclesiastical calculation
  • Le comput ecclésiastique détermine la date de Pâques.The computus determines the date of Easter.
2.

analyse textuelle

Dated
décompte d'éléments semblables dans un ou plusieurs textes
Dated
  • Le comput des mots révèle la fréquence des termes.The count of words reveals the frequency of terms.
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Synonyms and analogies of comput in French

Examples of comput in a sentence

  • Le comput est essentiel pour fixer les fêtes mobiles.
  • Le comput des phrases facilite l'analyse stylistique.
  • Un comput précis des citations est nécessaire pour l'étude.

Translations of "comput" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
computusn.

Les calculs qui ont conduit à ces tables constituent le comput.

The calculations leading to these tables represent the computus.

Cet effort, pratiquement, prit d'abord la forme d'améliorations des techniques du comput.

Practically, this effort first took the form of some improvements brought to computus.

reckoningn.

Un jour chez ton Seigneur équivaut à mille ans de votre comput.

Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning.

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comput: Examples and translations in context

D'après le comput du calendrier julien, l'année comprend 365 jours et quart, soit onze minutes et quatorze secondes de plus que l'année astronomique solaire exacte.

So according to the Julian reckoning, the year is 365 and a quarter days, exceeding the true solar year by eleven minutes and fourteen seconds.

Le second point de vue est social : l'unification du comput participe à celle de la chrétienté comprise comme une configuration politico-religieuse.

The second perspective was social: the unification of the computus shared in that of Christendom, understood as a politico-religious configuration.

135000 ouvrages, en latin, sont alors consacrés au comput; ils contiennent des tables de données et des développements qui permettent de calculer la date de Pâques pour l'année en cours et les années qui suivent.

About 135,000 works in Latin were dedicated to calendar reckoning with tables of data and essays allowing to compute the Easter date for the current year and coming ones!

Le comput grégorien comporte également deux éléments : la lettre dominicale et l'épacte.

The Gregorian computus has also two elements: the dominical letter and the epact.

Pendant le Haut-Moyen Age, par ailleurs, les clercs avaient cependant continué de s'intéresser aux sciences par-delà ce besoin du comput et ils continuèrent d'étudier les mathématiques et l'astronomie.

In the Early Middle Ages, on the other hand, clerics and monks kept a interest in science beyond those need of calendar reckoning and they kept studying maths and astronomy.

Les lunaisons définies par les deux calendriers lunaires sont les lunaisons (juliennes ou grégoriennes) du comput.

Lunations defined by the two lunar calendars are lunations (Julian or Gregorian) of computus.

Le comput julien, qui est à la base du calcul de la date de la fête de Pâques, est en retard d'un jour sur l'année solaire tous les 128 ans.

The Julian reckoning, the basis for calculating the Feast of Pascha, moves a full day ahead of the solar year every 128 years.

Le comput grégorien utilise la lettre dominicale et l'épacte, mais la connaissance du nombre d'or est aussi nécessaire, contrairement à ce qui est dit généralement.

The Gregorian computus uses the Dominical letter and theEpact, but the knowledge of the Golden number is also necessary, contrary to what is usually said.

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