different between courant vs courante
courant
English
Etymology 1
Alternative form of courante.
Noun
courant (plural courants)
- A piece of music in triple time.
- 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)
- A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
Adjective
courant (not comparable)
- (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)
- current, prevalent, standard
Inflection
Noun
courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)
- currency
- Synonyms: betaalmiddel, valuta, geld
Noun
courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)
- 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
- present participle of courir
Noun
courant m (plural courants)
- current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
Derived terms
Adjective
courant (feminine singular courante, masculine plural courants, feminine plural courantes)
- current, present
- (language skills) fluent
- common
Derived terms
Further reading
- “courant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
courant From the web:
courante
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French courante.
Noun
courante (plural courantes)
- (music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
- (music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)
Anagrams
- cornuate, outrance
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.???t/
Adjective
courante
- feminine singular of courant
Noun
courante f (plural courantes)
- (slang) the runs (diarrhea).
- courante (dance)
- courante (music)
Synonyms
(diarrhea): chiasse
Descendants
- ? English: courante
Further reading
- “courante” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- écrouant, encroûta, outrance
courante From the web:
you may also like
- courant vs courante
- couranto vs courante
- sarabande vs courante
- suite vs courante
- baroque vs courante
- renaissance vs courante
- dance vs courante
- dance vs almain
- german vs almain
- germany vs almain
- baroque vs allemande
- dance vs allemande
- instrumental vs allemande
- given vs giuen
- gue vs giue
- give vs giue
- neurobiochemistry vs neurobiochemical
- indiscriminate vs farraginous
- miscellaneous vs farraginous
- ragbag vs ratbag