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名詞

courant (plural courants)

1. A piece of music in triple time.
2. A lively dance; a coranto.
   • a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation

     It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig.

語源 2

From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkʊɹənt/
• 韻: -ʊɹənt
• 異形同音異義語: current, currant (hurry–furry merger, cure–fir merger)

名詞

courant (plural courants)

1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

形容詞

courant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Represented as running.

   Synonyms: at speed, in full chase, in full course

   Coordinate terms: statant, passant

   a classical lion courant

派生語

Further reading

• “courant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• cantour