parcours

See also: Parcours

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin percursus, nominalised past participle of percurrere. Parcourir is a much later borrowing from percurrere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁkuʁ/

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Noun

parcours m (plural parcours)

1. route, course
2. career
3. (historical) a traditional roaming or grazing right
4. (golf) round; course

Synonyms

• trajet

Derived terms

• à mi-parcours
• incident de parcours
• parkour

Related terms

• parcourir

Verb

parcours

1. First- and second-person present indicative form of parcourir
2. second-person singular imperative of parcourir

Anagrams

• procuras

Further reading

• “parcours” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).