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courir.

to run

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ku.ʁiʁ/

  1. to run

  2. to hurry; to rush

  3. to go

    Louisiana
    Courez chercher mon livre!
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French courre, corre (modified under the influence of -ir verbs), from Latin currere (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

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