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Why is it compte corrent and not corrent compte?
In Catalan, adjectives usually come after the noun, so compte corrent literally looks like account current.
In this case, compte corrent is also a fixed banking expression, just like current account in British English or checking account in American English.
What exactly does compte corrent mean?
It means a current account or checking account.
Word by word:
- compte = account
- corrent = current
So the literal meaning matches the banking term quite closely.
Why is there an el at the beginning?
El means the.
Catalan normally uses the definite article with a specific singular noun, so el compte corrent means the current account.
Also, compte is a masculine singular noun, so it takes el:
- el compte
- plural: els comptes
Why is it és and not està?