Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cours

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
cours
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of course.

Obsolete

noun

three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.

Etymology

From French cours in analogy to Japanese クール (kūru), originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for example) but later reanalyzed as a plural form.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cours, クール

Usage

Inflected Forms

courses (plural)

Questions

What does cours mean?
Obsolete form of course.
Where does cours come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce cours

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