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.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French courant (“running”).

Noun

courant (plural courants)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “courant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cantour

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Dutch

Etymology

From French courant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈrɑnt/

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• 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.

Inflection

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.

References

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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ʁɑ̃/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Verb

courant

1. present participle of courir

Noun

courant m (plural courants)

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

   courant électrique ― electric current

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• au courant
• couramment
• dans le courant de

Further reading

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