concours

== English == === Etymology === From French concours. Doublet of concourse. === Noun === concours A competitive examination, especially in medicine. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kuʁ/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin concursus. ==== Noun ==== concours m (invariable) competition; contest; competitive examination concours de beauté ― beauty contest (somewhat archaic) concourse, gathering, assemblage, assembly; combination, consolidation, union grand concours de peuple ― great concourse of people; great crowd of people (somewhat archaic) concurrence; cooperation; participation ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Iranian Persian: کُنْکور (konkur) → Japanese: コンクール (konkūru) → Korean: 콩쿠르 (kongkureu) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== concours inflection of concourir: first/second-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “concours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012