concourir
French, verb/kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ/
concourir is spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-I-R (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concourir is a French verb meaning “to compete, to contend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tendre ensemble au même but, coopérer”.
What does concourir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compete, to contend
- 2
to contribute, to play a role in
- 3
to converge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tendre ensemble au même but, coopérer. 2. Se diriger vers le même point, se rencontrer, coïncider. 3. Entrer ou être en concurrence pour obtenir un prix, un emploi, un titre, etc., promis au plus capable, au plus digne. 4. Avoir les mêmes droits, pouvoir prétendre à la même situation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of concourir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- concourant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- concouru participle past
- concours first-person indicative present
- concourt indicative present singular
- concourons first-person indicative plural
- concourez indicative plural present
- concourent indicative plural present
- concourais first-person imperfect indicative
- concourait imperfect indicative singular
- concourions first-person imperfect indicative
- concouriez imperfect indicative plural
- concouraient imperfect indicative plural
- concourus first-person historic indicative
- concourut historic indicative past
- concourûmes first-person historic indicative
- concourûtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concourir?
- /kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ/
- \kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concourir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concourir in French?
concourir appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).