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concourse

con·course/ˈkɒŋkɔː(ɹ)s/noun

concourse is spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-S-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables (con·course). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, concourse means “A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of concourse is concourses.

How many letters and syllables are in concourse?

Letters9: C-O-N-C-O-U-R-S-E
Syllables2: con·course
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is concourse?

Concourse appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce concourse?

  • /ˈkɒŋkɔː(ɹ)s/

Concourse has 2 syllables, split con·course in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-concourse.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of concourse

  • concourses plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does concourse mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.

  2. 2

    An airport terminal.

  3. 3

    A large group of people; a crowd.

  4. 4

    The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.

  5. 5

    An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.

  6. 6

    obsoleteConcurrence; cooperation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Concourse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchhall (1. a large open space in a building where…)
GermanWartehalle, Querbahnsteig (1. a large open space in a building where…), Flughafenhalle, Flughafenterminal (2. airport terminal), Versammlung, Ansammlung (3. a large group of people; a crowd)
Portugueseátrio (1. a large open space in a building where…), audiência, multidão (3. a large group of people; a crowd), confluência (5. the running or flowing together of things…)
Spanishexplanada (1. a large open space in a building where…), sala satélite (de embarque), terminal aeroportario, terminal aeroportaria (2. airport terminal), concurrencia (3. a large group of people; a crowd)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does concourse come from?

From Middle English concours, from Middle French concours and its etymon Latin concursus, concursum, from concurrere (“to run together”). See concur. Doublet of concours.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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