Multiple Entries: courir court Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:courir /kuʀiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) - transitive verb
- to compete in [trials];
- ~ le monde to roam the world;
- ~ les cocktails to do the round of the cocktail parties;
~ les boutiques to go round the shops GB or stores US; - ~ un (grand) danger to be in (great) danger;
~ un (gros) risque to run a (big) risk;
faire ~ un risque à qn to put sb at risk; - (familiar) ~ les filles to chase after girls.
- intransitive verb
- to run;
to race;
~ après qn/qch to run after sb/sth;
to chase after sb/sth;
les voleurs courent toujours the thieves are still at large;
~ à la catastrophe to be heading for disaster; - [rumour] to go around.
IDIOMS: tu peux toujours ~! (familiar) you can go whistle for it! (colloquial);
laisser ~ (familiar) to let things ride. Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:court, ~e /kuʀ/ , /kuʀt/ - adjective
- short;
de ~e durée short-lived;
short-term;
avoir le souffle ~ to get out of breath easily; - [defeat, victory, majority] narrow.
- adverb couper ~ à qch to put paid to sth;
s'arrêter ~ to stop short.
- masculine noun ~ de tennis tennis court.
COMPOUNDS: ~ métrage short (film);
~e échelle: faire la ~e échelle à qn to give sb a leg up (colloquial). IDIOMS: être à ~ de to be short of [money];
prendre qn de ~ to catch sb unprepared. Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. ' court' found in these entries: courir: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009court: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009| Principal Translations |
| courir ⇒ | (finance - intérêt) | v | accrue | | | | Additional Translations: |
| courir | | v | run about |
| courir | (abandonner) | v | drop |
| courir | (dépêcher, précipiter) | v | race (go fast) |
| courir | (encourir, tenter) | v | run a risk |
| courir | (Equitation - trotter, trottiner) | v | jog on |
| courir | (rechercher - honneurs, poste) | v | seek |
| courir | (se précipiter) | v | scurry |
| courir | (se précipiter) | v | scuttle (scurry) |
| courir | (sillonner - ville, mers) | v | roam |
| courir | (sillonner - ville, mers) | v | rove |
| courir | (Sport- - course) | v | compete in |
| courir | (tenter, essayer) | v | try |
| courir | (se hâter) familier | v intr | rush about colloquial |
| courir | | v tr | run (race) |
| courir | | v tr | run (subjected) |
| courir | (couler -) | v tr | run (ply) |
| courir | (se propager- rumeur) | v tr | run (extend) |
| courir | | vi | double (run) | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| courir après | | run after |
| courir après | | run around |
| courir après | | run around with |
| courir après | | run-around |
| courir après | | ask for it |
| courir après | | chase after |
| courir après ( ) | loc v | hunt (chase after) |
| courir au désastre | | courting disaster |
| courir à sa perte | | be on the road to ruin |
| courir à sa perte | v | have a death wish |
| courir ça et là | | rush about |
| courir en liberté | | run wild |
| courir la gueuse | | go looking for a bit of skirt (chase girls) |
| courir la gueuse | nf | wench |
| courir un risque | v | run a risk (run a risk) |
| faire courir | v | go about |
| faire courir | v | go around |
| faire courir | v | race (horses) |
| faire courir (cheval) | v tr | run (animals) |
| faire la cour à, courir après | v | go after |
| il vaut mieux tenir que courir (proverbe) | | better an egg today than a hen tomorrow (proverb) |
| laisser courir | v | let ride | | Report an error. |
| Principal Translations |
| court | (terrain) | nm | course (facility) |
| court | (bref- en longueur) | adj | brief (little) | | | | Additional Translations: |
| court | | adj | crisp |
| court | | adj | short (not long) |
| court | (bref, concis - en temps) | adj | brief (very short) |
| court | (fugitif, éphémère, passager) | adj | ephemeral |
| court | (fugitif, éphémère, passager) | adj | fugitive |
| court | (insuffisant) | adj | little (short) |
| court | (insuffisant) | adj | meager |
| court | (insuffisant) | adj | skimpy |
| court | (proche) | adj | close (haircut) |
| court | (Radio - onde) | adj | short (wave) |
| court | (succinct) | adj | compact (succinct) | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| au souffle court | adj | gasping |
| avoir le souffle court | | be short of breath |
| à court d'argent | | short of cash |
| à court de | loc | short of |
| à court de (démuni de) | prep | out of (without, lacking) |
| à court de main-d'œuvre | adj | short-handed |
| à court de monnaie | | short of money |
| à court de personnel | adj | short-handed |
| à court rayon d'action (avion) | adj | short-range (aircraft) |
| à court terme | adj | short-run |
| à court terme | adj | short-term |
| à court terme (prévisions météorologiques) | adj | short-range (weather forecast) |
| à poil court | adj | short-haired |
| bien à court terme (actifs ) | | current assets |
| couper court à | v | cut short |
| court à surface dure (tennis) | nm | hard court (tennis) |
| court courrier | | short haul (short haul flight) |
| court courrier | | short range aircraft |
| court jointé (Locution) | phrase | short-pastern (horse) |
| court morceau (de théâtre) | | short piece (of play) |
| court sujet | | short subject |
| court-circuit | nm | short circuit |
| court-circuit | nm | short (short-circuit) |
| court-courrier | nm | short-haul |
| court-métrage (cinéma) | nm | short film (cinema) |
| crédit à court terme | | time loan Can |
| crédit à court terme | | short-term credit |
| emprunt à court terme | | short-term loan |
| en préavis court | loc | on short notice |
| le chemin le plus court | | shortest way |
| le chemin le plus court | | short way (take the short way) |
| le plus court | adj | shortest |
| mémoire à court terme | nf | short-term memory |
| nez court et plat (nez court et plat) | adj | pug |
| nez court et plat (nez court et plat) | adj | snub |
| obligation à court terme | nf | short-term bond |
| oie à bec court | | pink-footed goose |
| plus court (raccourci) | superlative | shorter |
| titre court | | short title |
| très court | adj | brief (short) |
| troglodyte à bec court (ornithologie) | nm | sedge wren (ornithology) |
| trop court | adj | too short |
| un peu court | adj | shortish | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "court".
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