Etymology

courante

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Today it means: Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre. Full definition →

Middle French courante
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromcourante
  2. English todaycourante

Borrowed from Middle French courante.

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