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faire ses comptes

French, verb/fɛʁ se kɔ̃t/

faire ses comptes is a French verb meaning “to do one's accounts, to do one's sums (to figure out whether one can afford to pay for something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does faire ses comptes mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to do one's accounts, to do one's sums (to figure out whether one can afford to pay for something)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce faire ses comptes?

  • /fɛʁ se kɔ̃t/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.