cour
English
Etymology
From Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Doublet of course and cursus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Noun
cour (plural cours)
- A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
- A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, comprising 10 to 14 weekly episodes.
See also
- air de cour (etymologically unrelated)
References
- What is a cour and a season in anime?
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sou̯r]
Noun
cour
- genitive plural of coura
French
Etymology
From Old French cort, inherited from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors. Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuʁ/
audio (file) - Homophones: coure, courent, coures, courre, cours, court, courts
- Rhymes: -uʁ
Noun
cour f (plural cours)
- courtyard, yard
- court (of law)
- (royal) court
- following (of a celebrity etc.)
Derived terms
- cour de cassation
- cour de récré
- cour de récréation
- cour des grands
- cour des miracles
- cour d'honneur
- courette
- faire la cour
- maison de cour
Related terms
- courtisan
- courtiser
- courtois
Further reading
- “cour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French cort, from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors.
Noun
cour f (plural cours)
- (Jersey) court
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French cuer, from Latin cor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːʀ/
Noun
cour m (plural cours)
- (anatomy) heart