cour

English

Etymology

Back-formation from cours from Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Anime News Network's Lexicon Encyclopedia dictates the original cours to be unchanged in singular form, though that has been reanalyzed as a plural form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

cour (plural cours)

1. A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
2. A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, comprising 10 to 14 weekly episodes.

See also

• air de cour, chant de cour, (etymologically unrelated)

References

• What is a cour and a season in anime?

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sou̯r]

Noun

cour

1. genitive plural of coura

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cort, inherited from Latin cortem, shortening of cohors. Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʁ/

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• Homophones: coure, courent, coures, courre, cours, court, courts
• Rhymes: -uʁ

Noun

cour f (plural cours)

1. courtyard, yard
2. court (of law)
3. (royal) court
4. following (of a celebrity etc.)
5. courtship

Derived terms

• 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

Further reading

• “cour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cort, from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors.

Noun

cour f (plural cours)

1. (Jersey) court

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːʀ/

Noun

cour m (plural cours)

1. (anatomy) heart