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noun, masculine

système

/sis.tɛm/

noun, masculine/sis.tɛm/plural: systèmes

système is masculine in French.

system (various meanings); period

“le système duodécimal” — the 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”).