octroi
/ɒkˈtɹɔɪ/
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obsolete/ˈɒktɹwɑː/
octroi noun: a privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
Noun
octroi (plural octrois)
octroi meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
octroi in Tamil
- சுங்கவரி, நகர் சுங்க வரி
octroi in Urdu
- چنگی, ناکہ
octroi in Kannada
- ಸುಂಕದ ಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಆಕ್ಟ್ರಾಯಿ ಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಉಕ್ಕಡ
Forms of octroi
| plural | octrois |
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Origin of octroi
Borrowed from French octroi, from Middle French octroy, alteration of Old French otroi, from otroier (“to grant”), from Late Latin auctōrizāre.
Questions about octroi
- What does octroi mean?
- Octroi means a privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
- What is octroi in Tamil?
- Octroi in Tamil is சுங்கவரி, நகர் சுங்க வரி. See Octroi meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is octroi?
- Octroi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce octroi?
- Octroi is pronounced /ɒkˈtɹɔɪ/.
- What is the plural of octroi?
- The plural of octroi is octrois.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: octroi (page history and authors); octroi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); octroi (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); octroi (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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