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7-letter words (1 found)

COURANT,

6-letter words (11 found)

CANTOR,CARTON,CONTRA,CORNUA,CRATON,CUATRO,NOCTUA,OUTRAN,TOUCAN,TURACO,UNCART,

5-letter words (23 found)

ACORN,ACTON,ACTOR,ARNUT,CANTO,CARON,CORNU,COTAN,COUNT,COURT,COUTA,CROUT,CURAT,NARCO,OCTAN,ORANT,RACON,ROTAN,TAROC,TAUON,TORAN,TRONA,TRONC,

4-letter words (48 found)

ACRO,ARCO,ATOC,AUNT,AUTO,CANT,CARN,CART,COAT,CORN,COUR,CRAN,CRON,CUNT,CURN,CURT,NARC,NOTA,NOUT,OCTA,ORCA,OURN,OUTA,RANT,RATO,RATU,RAUN,ROAN,RONT,ROTA,ROUT,RUNT,TACO,TARN,TARO,TORA,TORC,TORN,TOUN,TOUR,TRON,TROU,TUAN,TUNA,TURN,UNCO,UNTO,URAO,

3-letter words (43 found)

ACT,ANT,ARC,ART,CAN,CAR,CAT,CON,COR,COT,CRU,CUR,CUT,NAT,NOR,NOT,NUR,NUT,OAR,OAT,OCA,ORA,ORC,ORT,OUR,OUT,RAN,RAT,ROC,ROT,RUC,RUN,RUT,TAN,TAO,TAR,TAU,TOC,TON,TOR,TUN,URN,UTA,

2-letter words (14 found)

AN,AR,AT,NA,NO,NU,ON,OR,OU,TA,TO,UN,UR,UT,

You can make 140 words from courant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of courant

courant

Etymology 1

Alternative form of courante.

Noun

courant (plural courants)

  1. A piece of music in triple time.
  2. A lively dance; a coranto.
    • a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation
      It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig.

Etymology 2

From French courant (“running”). Doublet of car, carry, courier, course, current, horse, hurry, and rush.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊɹənt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊɹənt
  • Homophones: current (hurry-furry and cure-nurse merger), currant (hurry-furry and cure-nurse merger)

Noun

courant (plural courants)

  1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Adjective

courant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Represented as running.
    Synonyms: at speed, in full chase, in full course

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “courant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • cantour

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French courant, from Latin currens. Doublet of krant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈrɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: cou‧rant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

courant (comparative couranter, superlative courantst)

  1. current, prevalent, standard

Inflection

Noun

courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

  1. currency
    Synonyms: betaalmiddel, valuta, geld

Noun

courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

  1. Archaic form of krant.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: koerant
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: koranti
  • Papiamentu: korant, courant

References

  • W. Martin, G. A. J. Tops et al., Groot Woordenboek Nederlands–Engels, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen, 1998 [Dutch–English dictionary]

French

Etymology

Present participle of courir; in Old French corant. Corresponds to Latin currentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.ʁɑ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Participle

courant

  1. present participle of courir

Noun

courant m (plural courants)

  1. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
    courant électrique ― electric current

Derived terms

Adjective

courant (feminine courante, masculine plural courants, feminine plural courantes)

  1. current, present
  2. (language skills) fluent
  3. common

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “courant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “courant” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Source: wiktionary.org