different between coun vs cour

English

Noun

coun

1. Abbreviation of council.
   • 1866, “Appendix to Report of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics: The Blue Book; or, Statement of the Public Service of Canada for the year 1864”, in Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, volume 26, page 7:

     Entered service of Leg. Coun. of U. C. May, 1822. Appointed Clerk Asst. to Leg. Coun. in 1841—Master in Chancery in 1851.

   • 1922 July 1, in A. Precott Folwell (editor), Public Works, Volume 53, Number 1, page 13:

     Ind., Goshen—Elkhart Co. Coun. approved road building program requiring $347,200 bond issue for hard surf. roads.

   • 2003, John Le Carré, Absolute Friends,^[1][2] Little, Brown and Company (2004), ?ISBN, page 176:

     “And we work full-time with the Brit. Coun.?”

Anagrams

• Ucon, unco

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