concours

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concursus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kuʁ/
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Noun

concours m (plural concours)

  1. competition; contest; competitive examination
    concours de beauté ― beauty contest
  2. (somewhat archaic) concourse, gathering, assemblage, assembly; combination, consolidation, union
    grand concours de peuple ― great concourse of people; great crowd of people
  3. (somewhat archaic) concurrence; cooperation; participation
    • 1804, “Code civil des Français [Civil Code of the French]”, in Académie de Strasbourg‎, Académie de Strasbourg:
      La femme...ne peut donner...à titre gratuit...sans le concours du mari dans l’acte...
      The wife...cannot make a gift...gratuitously...without the participation of the husband in the act...

Derived terms

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

Verb

concours

  1. inflection of concourir:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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