concours

English

Etymology

From French concours. Doublet of concourse.

Noun

concours

1. A competitive examination, especially in medicine.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.kuʁ/

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Noun

concours m (invariable)

1. competition; contest; competitive examination

   concours de beauté ― beauty contest

2. (somewhat archaic) concourse, gathering, assemblage, assembly; combination, consolidation, union

   grand concours de peuple ― great concourse of people; great crowd of people

3. (somewhat archaic) concurrence; cooperation; participation
   • 1804, “Code civil des Français [Civil Code of the French]”, in Académie de Strasbourg‎, Académie de Strasbourg:

     La femme...ne peut donner...à titre gratuit...sans le concours du mari dans l'acte...

     The wife...cannot make a gift...gratuitously...without the participation of the husband in the act...

Derived terms

• concours complet
• concours de beauté
• concours de circonstances
• concours d'entrée

Related terms

• concourir

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンクール (konkūru)
• → Korean: 콩쿠르 (kongkureu)
• → Persian: کنکور (konkur)

Verb

concours

1. inflection of concourir:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “concours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.