different between corant vs courant

English

Noun

corant (plural corants)

1. A coranto (kind of dance).
   • 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.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, Contra, TRACON, cantor, carton, contra, contra-, craton, tracon

Old French

Etymology

Present participle of corre, possibly corresponding to Latin currens, currentem.

Verb

corant

1. present participle of corre

Adjective

corant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corant or corante)

1. running; in the process of running

Descendants

• English: current
• French: courant

Old Occitan

Etymology

Present participle of core (“to run”). Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French corant.

Adjective

corant

1. running; in the process of running

English

Etymology 1

Alternative form of courante.

Noun

courant (plural courants)

1. A piece of music in triple time.
2. A lively dance; a coranto.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

courant (plural courants)

1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Adjective

courant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Represented as running.

   a classical lion courant

Anagrams

• cantour

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French courant, from Latin currens. Doublet of krant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?r?nt/
• Hyphenation: cou?rant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

courant (comparative couranter, superlative courantst)

1. current, prevalent, standard

Inflection

Noun

courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

1. currency

   Synonyms: betaalmiddel, valuta, geld

Noun

courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

1. Archaic form of krant.

References

• W. Martin, G. A. J. Tops et al., Groot Woordenboek Nederlands–Engels, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen, 1998 [Dutch–English dictionary]

French

Etymology

Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currens, currentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.???/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

courant

1. present participle of courir

Noun

courant m (plural courants)

1. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)

Derived terms

Adjective

courant (feminine singular courante, masculine plural courants, feminine plural courantes)

1. current, present
2. (language skills) fluent
3. common

Derived terms

Further reading

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