courant
English
Etymology 1
Alternative form of courante.
Noun
courant (plural courants)
- A piece of music in triple time.
- A lively dance; a coranto.
- a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation
- It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig.
- a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation
Etymology 2
From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.
Noun
courant (plural courants)
- A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
Adjective
courant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Represented as running.
- a classical lion courant
- Synonyms: at speed, in full chase, in full course
Further reading
- courant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- cantour
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French courant, from Latin currens. Doublet of krant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈrɑnt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: cou‧rant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Adjective
courant (comparative couranter, superlative courantst)
- current, prevalent, standard
- En hier hebben we ons meest courante model.
- And this is our best-selling model.
- Optellen en vermenigvuldigen zijn de meest courante rekenbewerkingen.
- Addition and multiplication are the most prevalent mathematical operations.
Inflection
Inflection of courant | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | courant | |||
inflected | courante | |||
comparative | couranter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | courant | couranter | het courantst het courantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | courante | courantere | courantste |
n. sing. | courant | couranter | courantste | |
plural | courante | courantere | courantste | |
definite | courante | courantere | courantste | |
partitive | courants | couranters | — |
Noun
courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)
- currency
- Synonyms: betaalmiddel, valuta, geld
Noun
courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)
- Archaic form of krant.
Descendants
- Afrikaans: koerant
- Berbice Creole Dutch: koranti
- Papiamentu: korant, courant
References
- W. Martin, G. A. J. Tops et al., Groot Woordenboek Nederlands–Engels, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen, 1998 [Dutch–English dictionary]
French
Etymology
Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currens, currentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.ʁɑ̃/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃
Participle
courant
- present participle of courir
Noun
courant m (plural courants)
- current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
- courant électrique ― electric current
Derived terms
- à contre-courant
- affaires courantes
- au courant
- coupure de courant
- courant alternatif
- courant astatique
- courant d'air
- courant de Foucault
- courant électrique
- courant parasite
- courant vagabond
- dans le courant de
- prise de courant
Adjective
courant (feminine courante, masculine plural courants, feminine plural courantes)
- current, present
- (language skills) fluent
- common
Derived terms
- compte courant
- couramment
- main courante
- monnaie courante
Further reading
- “courant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “courant” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.