concours

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French

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromLatinconcursus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/kɔ̃.kuʁ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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concoursm(pluralconcours)

  1. competition;contest;competitiveexamination
    concoursde beautébeautycontest
  2. (somewhatarchaic)concourse,gathering,assemblage,assembly;combination,consolidation,union
    grandconcoursde peuplegreatconcourseof people; greatcrowdof people
  3. (somewhatarchaic)concurrence;cooperation;participation
    • 1804,“Code civil des Français [Civil Code of the French]”, inAcadémie de Strasbourg[1],Académie de Strasbourg:
      La femme...ne peut donner...à titre gratuit...sans leconcoursdu mari dans l’acte...
      The wife...cannot make a gift...gratuitously...without theparticipationof the husband in the act...

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese:コンクール(konkūru)
  • Korean:콩쿠르(kongkureu)
  • Persian:کنکور(konkur)

Verb

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concours

  1. inflection ofconcourir:
    1. first/second-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Further reading

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