concours

English

Etymology

From French concours. Doublet of concourse.

Noun

concours

  1. A competitive examination, especially in medicine.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kuʁ/
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Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin concursus.

    Noun

    concours m (invariable)

    1. competition; contest; competitive examination
      concours de beauté ― beauty contest
    2. (somewhat archaic) concourse, gathering, assemblage, assembly; combination, consolidation, union
      grand concours de peuple ― great concourse of people; great crowd of people
    3. (somewhat archaic) concurrence; cooperation; participation
      • 1804, “Code civil des Français [Civil Code of the French]”, in Académie de Strasbourg‎[1], Académie de Strasbourg, archived from the original on 29 October 2020:
        La femme...ne peut donner...à titre gratuit...sans le concours du mari dans l'acte...
        The wife...cannot make a gift...gratuitously...without the participation of the husband in the act...
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Iranian Persian: کُنْکور (konkur)
    • → Japanese: コンクール (konkūru)
    • → Korean: 콩쿠르 (kongkureu)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    concours

    1. inflection of concourir:
      1. first/second-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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