different between courante vs courant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French courante.

Noun

courante (plural courantes)

1. (music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
2. (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

1. feminine singular of courant

Noun

courante f (plural courantes)

1. (slang) the runs (diarrhea).
2. courante (dance)
3. 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

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).