recensement

census

noun ruh-sehns-MAHN Rare

Origin: From 'recenser' (to count), from Latin 'recensere' (to review).

Also means

count, tally

Usage Note

Recensement most often refers to the official population count — le recensement de la population — carried out in France by the INSEE every few years. It can also denote any systematic inventory or count, such as un recensement des espèces (a species survey).

Examples

"Le dernier recensement a compté soixante-sept millions d'habitants."

Natural Translation

The last census counted sixty-seven million inhabitants.

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