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courant en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Alternative form of courante.

Meanings

1. A piece of music in triple time.
2. A lively dance.
3. A lively dance. ▸ A courante.
   • It is harder in that, to dance a Corrant well than a Jig :[…] a. 1700 (date written), William Temple, “Heads, Designed for an Essay on Conversation”, in Miscellanea. The Third Part. […], London: […] Jonathan Swift, […] Benjamin Tooke, […], published 1701, →OCLC, page 325:

Forms

wikidata: Q664056

courant en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• ko͝o′rənt
• /ˈkʉ.ɹʌnt/ (Scotland)
• /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/
• /ˈkʉ.ɹənt/ (Scotland)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin currēns, ~rentis Old French courant Middle French courant French courantbor. English courant Borrowed from French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Represented as running.
   • a classical lion courant

Coordinates

passant · statant

Deriveds

counter-courant

Synonyms

at speed · in full chase · in full course

courant en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• ko͝o′rənt
• /ˈkʉ.ɹʌnt/ (Scotland)
• /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/
• /ˈkʉ.ɹənt/ (Scotland)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin currēns, ~rentis Old French courant Middle French courant French courantbor. English courant Borrowed from French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.

Meanings

1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Forms