different between coir vs cour

English

Alternative forms

• caire

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ???? (kaya??).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)
• Homophone: coyer

Noun

coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)

1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cori, RICO

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariy? (compare Welsh caredd).

Noun

coir f (genitive singular coire, nominative plural coireanna)

1. crime, offence; fault, transgression
2. (used mainly in negative, of state) harm

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun cor, past participle cortha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) tire, exhaust

Conjugation

Etymology 3

See coirigh.

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun {{{vn}}}, past participle {{{pp}}})

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. inflection of cor (“turn, turning movement; cast; haul from cast; lively turn; lively air; reel”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nonstandard nominative/dative plural

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. inflection of cor (“agreement, contract; guarantee, pledge”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. vocative/genitive singular of cor (“tiredness, exhaustion.”)

Mutation

References

• "coir" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “coir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “coir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Adjective

coïr

1. Alternative form of cóir

Mutation

Walloon

Noun

coir m

1. body

English

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (k?ru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007.

Noun

cour (plural cours)

1. A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
2. A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, comprising 10 to 14 weekly episodes.

References

• What is a cour and a season in anime?

French

Etymology

From Old French cort, inherited from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors. Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?/
• Homophones: coure, courent, coures, courre, cours, court, courts
• Rhymes: -u?

Noun

cour f (plural cours)

1. courtyard, yard
2. (law) court
3. (royal) court
4. following (of a celebrity etc.)

Derived terms

Related terms

• courtisan
• courtiser
• courtois

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cort, from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors.

Noun

cour f (plural cours)

1. (Jersey) court

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French cuer, from Latin cor.

Noun

cour m (plural cours)

1. (anatomy) heart