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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French parcours.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑrˈkur/, /pɑrˈkurs/,
- Hyphenation: par‧cours
- Rhymes: -ur, -urs
Noun
parcours n (plural parcoursen, diminutive parcoursje n)
- route of a race
- (figurative) steps needed to achieve an objective
Usage notes
The final ⟨s⟩ can be silent in the main form as it is in French, but in the plural and diminutive forms it is sounded.
Hypernyms
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin percursus, nominalised past participle of percurrere. Parcourir is a much later borrowing from percurrere.
Pronunciation
Noun
parcours m (plural parcours)
- route, course
- career
- (historical) a traditional roaming or grazing right
- (golf) round; course
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Verb
parcours
- inflection of parcourir:
- first/second-person present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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