noun, masculine/kɔ̃.tʁol/plural: contrôles
control (all senses); verification, checking; test
Synonyms: examen
An haplology of Middle French contrerole, a borrowing from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Latin rotulus, rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).