"cour" meaning in French

See cour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuʁ/ Audio: Fr-cour.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cour.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cour.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cour.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-cour.wav Forms: cours [plural]
Rhymes: -uʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French court, from Old French cort, from Latin cortem, shortening of cohors. Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:inh|frm:court}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|court|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French court, {{inh+|fr|frm|court}} Inherited from Middle French court, {{inh|fr|fro|cort}} Old French cort, {{inh|fr|la|cors|cortem}} Latin cortem, {{doublet|fr|cohorte|court<id:tennis><t:tennis court>}} Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cour f (plural cours)
  1. courtyard, Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cour-fr-noun-mnkl4q2O
  2. (Quebec) backyard Tags: Quebec, feminine
    Sense id: en-cour-fr-noun-xVg8U9Pu Categories (other): Quebec French
  3. court (of law) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cour-fr-noun-e~VwMP46
  4. (royal) court Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cour-fr-noun-ovieb-kt
  5. following (of a celebrity etc.) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cour-fr-noun-0YcNFZEk Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 28 8 8 37 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 16 11 11 37 13
  6. courtship Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cour-fr-noun-wswZrXkZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 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

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cour de cassation"
    },
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      "word": "cour de récréation"
    },
    {
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      "word": "cour des grands"
    },
    {
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      "word": "cour des miracles"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cour d'honneur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "ht",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
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    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "courre"
    },
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      "homophone": "cours"
    },
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      "homophone": "court"
    },
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      "homophone": "courts"
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    }
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}
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    "French terms inherited from Old French",
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      "rhymes": "-uʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cour"
}

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