noun, masculine/kɔ̃.twaʁ/plural: comptoirs
a counter, countertop (as of a store or bank); a trading post in overseas colonies; a cartel, a cartel agreement
“comptoir de crème glacée” — ice cream counter
Inherited from Middle French comptoir, comtoir, contoir (also comptoer, contoer, comptouer, contouer), from compter, conter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument suffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin computātōrium. By surface analysis, compter + -oir.