courir

French

Etymology

From Latin currere, present active infinitive of currō (“I run”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ku.ʁiʁ/, X-SAMPA: /ku.RiR/

Verb

courir

1. to run

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like other irregular -ir verbs, except that in the conditional and future tenses an extra ‘r’ is added to the end of the stem. All verb ending in -courir are conjugated this way.

   Conjugation of courir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		courir			avoir couru
gerund		en courant			en ayant couru
present participle		courant
past participle		couru
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	cours	cours	court	courons	courez	courent
	imperfect	courais	courais	courait	courions	couriez	couraient
	past historic1	courus	courus	courut	courûmes	courûtes	coururent
	future	courrai	courras	courra	courrons	courrez	courront
	conditional	courrais	courrais	courrait	courrions	courriez	courraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	coure	coures	coure	courions	couriez	courent
	imperfect1	courusse	courusses	courût	courussions	courussiez	courussent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	cours	—	courons	courez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• courrier
• courir le risque
• parcourir