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noun, masculine

système

/sis.tɛm/

noun, masculine/sis.tɛm/plural: systèmes

system (various meanings); period

le système duodécimalthe duodecimal system

Inherited from Middle French systeme (first attested 1552), from Late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organised whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).