concours

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinconcursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔ̃.kuʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

concoursm(pluralconcours)

1. competition;contest;competitiveexamination

   concoursde beauté―beautycontest

2. (somewhatarchaic)concourse,gathering,assemblage,assembly;combination,consolidation,union

   grandconcoursde peuple―greatconcourseof 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

• concours complet
• concours de beauté
• concours de circonstances
• concours d’entrée

Related terms

• concourir

Descendants

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

Verb

concours

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

Further reading

• “concours”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.