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cour

courtyard

noun koor Less Common

Also means

court

Usage Note

Cour refers to a courtyard (of a school or building) or a royal court. La cour de récréation is the school playground. Note the homophone cours ('course', 'lesson', 'river course') and court ('short' as adjective) — only spelling distinguishes them in writing. The royal sense survives in faire la cour à quelqu'un ('to court someone').

Examples

"Les enfants jouent dans la cour."

Natural Translation

The children play in the courtyard.

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