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masculine

/kuʁ/

Line drawing of cours
Coloured illustration of cours
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Translation

course, lesson, class

Word origin

From Latin cursus ('a running, course, journey'), from currere ('to run').

Origin
Latin
Root
cursus
English cognates
course, cursor, current

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Examples

J' ' .

I have an English lesson this morning at nine.

.

She has been taking piano lessons for five years.

' aujourd'hui.

The history lesson was particularly interesting today.

Au , .

During the meeting, several good ideas came up.

l'euro .

The euro exchange rate has fallen by three per cent.

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This word is part of lesson 9.