kurant

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French courante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rant/
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  • Rhymes: -urant
  • Syllabification: ku‧rant

Noun

kurant m inan (diminutive kurancik)

  1. (music) carillon, chime (ringing component placed in a clock, music box, etc., playing a tune)
  2. (music) melody played by such a mechanism

Declension

Noun

kurant m animal (diminutive kurancik)

  1. courante (old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre)
  2. (music) music for this dance

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • kurant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurant in Polish dictionaries at PWN