"courant" meaning in French

See courant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ku.ʁɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-courant.ogg Forms: courante [feminine], courants [masculine, plural], courantes [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ Etymology: Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currentem. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|courir}} courir, {{inh|fr|fro|corant}} Old French corant, {{inh|fr|la|currens|currentem}} Latin currentem Head templates: {{fr-adj}} courant (feminine courante, masculine plural courants, feminine plural courantes)
  1. current, present
    Sense id: en-courant-fr-adj-1rlIhPex
  2. (language skills) fluent
    Sense id: en-courant-fr-adj-zrvslhnv
  3. common
    Sense id: en-courant-fr-adj-kqXcBL1v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: compte courant, couramment, main courante, monnaie courante

Noun

IPA: /ku.ʁɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-courant.ogg Forms: courants [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ Etymology: Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currentem. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|courir}} courir, {{inh|fr|fro|corant}} Old French corant, {{inh|fr|la|currens|currentem}} Latin currentem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} courant m (plural courants)
  1. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.) Tags: masculine

Verb

IPA: /ku.ʁɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-courant.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ Etymology: Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currentem. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|courir}} courir, {{inh|fr|fro|corant}} Old French corant, {{inh|fr|la|currens|currentem}} Latin currentem Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} courant
  1. present participle of courir Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: courir
    Sense id: en-courant-fr-verb-A7x5Fdd6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 21 1 14 64

Inflected forms

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