coure

See also: couré and couře

English

Verb

coure (third-person singular simple present coures, present participle couring, simple past and past participle coured)

  1. Obsolete form of cower.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Chemical element
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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cūbru(m), from Late Latin cūprum (compare Occitan coire, French cuivre, Spanish cobre), from Latin cȳprium (aes), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Pronunciation

Noun

coure m (uncountable)

  1. copper

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin cocere, from Latin coquere. Compare Occitan còire.

Pronunciation

Verb

coure (first-person singular present coc, first-person singular preterite coguí, past participle cuit); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/ (in the meaning "to cook")
coure (first-person singular present coc, first-person singular preterite coguí, past participle cogut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/ (in the meaning "to sting")

  1. to cook
    Synonym: cuinar
  2. to sting
Conjugation
meaning "to cook"
meaning "to sting"
Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

coure

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of courir

Anagrams

Old French

Verb

coure

  1. Alternative form of corre

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kure (good). Compare Kari'na kure, Apalaí kure, Trió kure, Waiwai kirwan.

Adverb

coure

  1. being good, well

Further reading

  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643
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