Etymology

parkour

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Today it means: An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements. Full definition →

French parkour
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  1. French · borrowed fromparkour
  2. English todayparkour

Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).

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