course

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Course

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2 French

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
thou	full	country	#220: course	side	small	cannot

[ Etymology

From Old French cours, from Latin cursus, past participle of correre to run.

[ Pronunciation

kôrs, /kɔː(r)s/, /kO:(r)s/

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Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s

[ Homophones

coarse

[ Noun

Singular
course

Plural
courses

course (plural courses)

An onward movement, progress.

The course of events
The itinerary of a race.

The cross-country course passes the canal.
A period of learning.

I need to take a French course to pep up.
A part of a meal.

We offer seafood as the first course.
(sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
(navigation) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.

The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
(navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.

A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
(nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.

Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
(masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.

On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
The path taken by a waterway.
(music) A string on a lute
(jargon, textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.

[ Translations

onward movement

Czech: průběh m.
Danish: forløb n., gang c.
Dutch: loop

Finnish: kulku
German: Lauf m.
Spanish: curso m.

itinerary of a race

Danish: rute c., bane c.
Dutch: parcours
Finnish: reitti
French: parcours

German: Strecke f.
Italian: percorso
Norwegian: rute f.
Spanish: ruta m.

period of learning

Czech: kurz m.
Danish: kursus n.
Dutch: cursus
Finnish: kurssi
French: cours
German: Kurs m.

Italian: corso
Norwegian: kurs c.
Slovenian: tečaj
Spanish: curso m.
Swedish: kurs c.

part of a meal

Czech: chod m.
Danish: ret c.
Dutch: gang, gerecht n.
Finnish: ruokalaji
German: Gang m.

Italian: portata
Kurdish: جه‌م
Norwegian: rett m.
Spanish: plato m.

trajectory of a ball etc.

Danish: bane c.
Dutch: baan
Finnish: rata, lentorata
German: Bahn f.

Italian: traiettoria f.
Norwegian: bane m.
Spanish: trayectoria f.

direction of movement of a vessel

Czech: kurz m.
Danish: kurs c.
Dutch: koers
Finnish: kurssi

German: Kurs m.
Italian: rotta f.
Spanish: rumbo m.

intended passage for ship

Danish: kurs c.
Finnish: reitti

Italian: rotta f.
Spanish: curso m.

lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast

Danish: undersejl n.

row of bricks

Danish: skifte n.

Finnish: varvi, tiilivarvi

path taken by a waterway

Danish: løb n.
Dutch: loop

Finnish: reitti
Italian: corso

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Dutch: koers m.
Norwegian: kurs c.
Swedish: kurs c.

[ Verb

Infinitive
to course

Third person singular
courses

Simple past
coursed

Past participle
coursed

Present participle
coursing

to course (third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

The oil coursed through the engine.
To pursue by tracking or estimating thee course taken by one's prey.