courant

cour·ant
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/ˈkʊ.ɹənt/Scotland/ˈkʉ.ɹənt/Scotland/ˈkʉ.ɹʌnt/

noun

A piece of music in triple time.

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at speedin full chasein full course
OriginFrench courant ← Middle French courant ← Old French courant →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

courant1

nouncourant (plural courants)

plural courants

  1. A piece of music in triple time.
  2. A lively dance.
    1. A courante.

      It is harder in that, to dance a Corrant well than a Jig :[…]

      a. 1700 (date written), William Temple, “Heads, Designed for an Essay on Conversation”, in Miscellanea. The Third Part. […], London: […] Jonathan Swift, […] Benjamin Tooke, […], published 1701, →OCLC, page 325

courant2

nouncourant (plural courants)

plural courants

  1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
adjectivecourant (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentRepresented as running.

    a classical lion courant

    Synonyms: at speed, in full chase, in full course

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRepresented as running.

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at speedin full chasein full course
Also see
corantocourante

Origin

courant · noun

Alternative form of courante.

Full word history & related roots →

courant · noun, adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  3. Proto-Italic*korsō
  4. Latincurrō
  5. Latincurrēns, ~rentis
  6. Old Frenchcourant
  7. Middle Frenchcourant
  8. Frenchcourant
  9. Englishcourant

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

currentcurrant (hurry–furry merger, cure–fir merger)currentcurrant (hurry–furry merger, cure–fir merger)

Anagrams

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APA

courant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courant

MLA

“courant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courant.

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