le

masculine

/ku.ʁje/

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Translation

post, mail, letter

Word origin

From Italian corriere ('messenger'), from Latin currere ('to run'). The word first meant the rider, then what he carried.

Origin: Italian
Root: corriere
English cognates: courier, current, occur

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcourriers

Examples

The post arrives at about ten in the morning.

tous .

She answers all her letters on Sundays.

J' .

I received a letter from the bank yesterday.

The delayed post will arrive tomorrow.

He opens his post with a knife.

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This word is part of lesson 43.