lacourse
feminine
/kuʁs/
#1428 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
race; errand; (les courses) the shopping
Word origin
From Italian corsa or directly from Latin cursus ('a running, a course'), from currere ('to run'). The same root gives English 'course', 'current' and 'cursor'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cursus
- English cognates
- course, current
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcourses
Examples
mètres.
He won the hundred-metre race.
fermeture .
I have to do the shopping before the shop closes.
.
She went out on an errand to buy some bread.
midi.
The race against the clock started at noon.
.
We do the shopping together every Saturday.
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