"cour" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/ Forms: cours [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: Back-formation from cours from Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Anime News Network's Lexicon Encyclopedia dictates the original cours to be unchanged in singular form, though that has been reanalyzed as a plural form. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|cours}} Back-formation from cours, {{der|en|ja|クール|tr=kūru}} Japanese クール (kūru), {{der|en|fr|cours}} French cours Head templates: {{en-noun}} cour (plural cours)
  1. A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
    Sense id: en-cour-en-noun-l56vkuBR
  2. A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, usually comprising around 10 to 14 weekly episodes.
    Sense id: en-cour-en-noun-l0~VlAiS Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 55 5 5 5 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 64 4 4 4 11 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: air de cour, chant de cour

Inflected forms

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