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cour

/ˈkʊə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
cour
IPA
/ˈkʊə(ɹ)/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.

noun

A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, usually comprising around 10 to 14 weekly episodes.

Etymology

Back-formation from cours from Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Anime News Network's Lexicon Encyclopedia dictates the original cours to be unchanged in singular form, though that has been reanalyzed as a plural form.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cours (plural)

Phrases

air de cour chant de cour

Frequently Paired Words

air de cour chant de cour

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce cour?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/.
What does cour mean?
A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
Where does cour come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce cour

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