courant

English

Etymology

French courante.

Noun

courant (plural courants)

1. A piece of music in triple time.
2. A lively dance; a coranto.
3. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Adjective

courant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Represented as running.

   a classical lion courant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Dutch

Etymology

From French courant.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑnt

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• IPA: /kuˈrɑnt/

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.

Noun

courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje)

1. currency

courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of krant; newspaper

Synonyms

• (currency): betaalmiddel, valuta, geld
• (newspaper): krant, dagblad, (Flemish) gazet

References

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

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ku.ʁɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /ku.RA~/

Verb

courant

1. Present participle of courir.

Noun

courant m (plural courants)

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

   courant électrique

   electric current

Derived terms

• au courant
• couramment
• dans le courant de

Adjective

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

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