couru d'avance in French

IPA: /ku.ʁy d‿a.vɑ̃s/ Forms: couru d’ avance [canonical], courue d’avance [feminine], courus d’avance [masculine, plural], courues d’avance [feminine, plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Perhaps from an expression such as la course était courue d’avance (“the race was already run, the race was as good as run”). Head templates: {{fr-adj}} couru d’avance (feminine courue d’avance, masculine plural courus d’avance, feminine plural courues d’avance)

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from an expression such as la course était courue d’avance (“the race was already run, the race was as good as run”).",
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    },
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"couru d'avance" meaning in French

Adjective