courant

English

Etymology 1

Alternative form of courante.

Noun

courant (plural courants)

1. A piece of music in triple time.
2. 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.

Etymology 2

From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.

A lion courant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊɹənt/
• Rhymes: -ʊɹənt
• Homophones: current, currant (hurry–furry merger, cure–fir merger)

Noun

courant (plural courants)

1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Adjective

courant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Represented as running.

   Synonyms: at speed, in full chase, in full course

   Coordinate terms: statant, passant

   a classical lion courant

Derived terms

• counter-courant

 

Further reading

• “courant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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)

1. 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.

Declension

Declension 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)

1. currency

   Synonyms: betaalmiddel, valuta, geld

Noun

courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

1. 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 currentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Participle

courant

1. present participle of courir

Noun

courant m (plural courants)

1. 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 de Foucault
• courant d’air
• courant électrique
• courant parasite
• courant vagabond
• dans le courant de
• prise de courant

 

Adjective

courant (feminine courante, masculine plural courants, feminine plural courantes)

1. current, present
2. (language skills) fluent
3. 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.