courant

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English

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Etymology 1

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Alternative form of courante.

Noun

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courant (plural courants)

  1. A piece of music in triple time.
  2. A lively dance; a coranto.

Etymology 2

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

A lion courant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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courant (plural courants)

  1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Adjective

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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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French courant, from Latin currens. Doublet of krant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈrɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cou‧rant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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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

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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

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courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

  1. currency
    Synonyms: betaalmiddel, valuta, geld

Noun

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courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

  1. Archaic form of krant.

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: koerant
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: koranti
  • Papiamentu: korant, courant

References

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  • W. Martin, G. A. J. Tops et al., Groot Woordenboek Nederlands–Engels, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen, 1998 [Dutch–English dictionary]

French

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Etymology

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Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currentem.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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courant

  1. present participle of courir

Noun

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courant m (plural courants)

  1. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
    courant électriqueelectric current

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Adjective

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

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

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