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English Etymology 1 Noun cours (plural courses
Obsolete form of course Etymology 2 From French cours Japanese クール ( kūru ) , originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for examplereanalyzed as a plural form.
Noun cours
plural of cour television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.References Anagrams French Pronunciation Etymology 1 Inherited from Old French cours Latin cursus Doublet of course cursus
Noun cours m plural cours
stream of water, river
cours d’eauwater stream
course (of events)
au cours de la guerre ― over the war, during the war teaching , lesson , lecture , class Derived terms Related terms Descendants
→ Japanese: クール ( kūru ) → Luxembourgish: Cours → Ottoman Turkish: قورس ( kurs ) → Vietnamese: cua
Etymology 2 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun cours
plural of cour Etymology 3 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb cours
inflection of courir
first / second-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Further reading Middle English Alternative forms Etymology Borrowed from Old French cours curs Latin cursus Middle Dutch coers
Pronunciation Noun cours plural courses
A charge ; a forceful move.
A course or path :
( astronomy ) path of a celestial body.
1387–1400 [Geoffrey] Chaucer , “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury Hengwrt Chaucer ; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales , published c. →OCLC folio 2, recto , lines 7-9 :[ …] and the yonge sonne / Hath in the ram his half cours yronne / And smale foweles maken melodye [ …] and the young Sun / has made half its journey in Aries, / while small birds make melodies ( usually nautical ) direction something is headed.A watercourse ( path taken by water )
A series of occurrences; a course of time:
An advance through an event or series .
A time when an event is due .
A ( often usual ) process or sequence .
Customary behaviour or nature ; custom :
A course of a meal .
Human behaviour ; deportment .
( architecture ) course of stones .Related terms Descendants References Adjective cours
Ordinary , coarse ; of inferior grade or quality.Descendants References Norman Etymology (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun cours m plural cours
( Jersey ) currency Old French Alternative forms Etymology From Latin cursus
Noun cours oblique singular , m oblique plural cours nominative singular cours nominative plural cours
route , path course , way Synonyms Related terms Descendants