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courants

courants is the plural of courant.

Meaning of courant

Noun (1)

courant (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...

Noun (2)

courant (plural courants)

  1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

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Questions about courants

What is courants the plural of?
Courants is the plural of courant.

Words near courants in the dictionary

  1. courante
  2. courantes
  3. couranto
  4. courantoes
  5. courantos
  6. courants
  7. Courantyne
  8. courap
  9. courb
  10. courbache
  11. courbaches

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