parcours
See also: Parcours
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French parcours.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parcours n (plural parcoursen, diminutive parcoursje n)
Usage notes edit
The final ⟨s⟩ can be silent in the main form as it is in French, but in the plural and diminutive forms it is sounded.
Hypernyms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin percursus, nominalised past participle of percurrere. Parcourir is a much later borrowing from percurrere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parcours m (plural parcours)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- à mi-parcours
- accident de parcours
- incident de parcours
- parcours de santé
- parcours du combattant
- parkour
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
parcours
- inflection of parcourir:
Further reading edit
- “parcours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.