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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French courante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.rant/
- Rhymes: -urant
- Syllabification: ku‧rant
Noun
kurant m inan (diminutive kurancik)
- (music) carillon, chime (ringing component placed in a clock, music box, etc., playing a tune)
- (music) melody played by such a mechanism
Declension
Noun
kurant m animal (diminutive kurancik)
- courante (old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre)
- (music) music for this dance
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- kurant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kurant in Polish dictionaries at PWN