discours
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]discours (plural discourses)
- Obsolete form of discourse.
- 1580, Leonardo Phioravanti, translated by Iohn Hester, A Short Discours of the Excellent Doctour and Knight, Maister Leonardo Phioravanti Bolognese vppon Chirurgerie. […], London: […] Thomas East, title page:
- A SHORT DISCOURS Of the excellent Doctour and Knight,maiſter Leonardo phioravanti bolognese vppon Chirurgerie.
- [1598], Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, translated by [William Phillip], Iohn Huighen van Linschoten. His Discours of Voyages into yͤ Easte & West Indies. […], London: […] [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe […], title page:
- IOHN HVIGHEN VAN LINSCHOTEN. his Diſcours of Voyages into yͤ Easte & West Indies.
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Vpon the Insolency of the Tumults”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 32:
- Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours it ſelfe, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Latin discursus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]discours n (plural discoursen, diminutive discoursje n)
- discourse (way of thinking involving certain concepts and terms)
- discourse (exposition of some length)
- Wie ook deze discours snapt, zal weten dat mij slechts dactylisch hexameter vertrouwd is en niets anders, geef me toch vrijheid!
- Who also understands this exposition, will know that only dactylic hexameter is familiar to me and nothing else, give me liberty!
Synonyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: deeskoers (dated)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French discours, borrowed (with influence from cours) from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”) (from Latin discurrō (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + currō (“run”)). Compare English discourse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]discours m (plural discours)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “discours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin discursus.
Noun
[edit]discours m (plural discours)
Descendants
[edit]- French: discours
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”).
Noun
[edit]discours m (plural discours)
Derived terms
[edit]- faithe un discours (“to make a speech”)
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