concours
French, noun/kɔ̃.kuʁ/
concours is spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-S (8 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concours is a French masculine noun meaning “competition; contest; competitive examination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/second-person singular present indicative of concourir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de tendre vers un même but, de coopérer”.
What does concours mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecompetition; contest; competitive examination
concours de beauté
- 2
archaicmasculineconcourse, gathering, assemblage, assembly; combination, consolidation, union
grand concours de peuple
- 3
archaicmasculineconcurrence; cooperation; participation
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de tendre vers un même but, de coopérer. 2. Réunion ; rencontre ; rassemblement. 3. Affluence de monde en quelque endroit. 4. Situation d’intersection commune de plusieurs droites.
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.
How do you pronounce concours?
- /kɔ̃.kuʁ/
- \kɔ̃.kuʁ\
- [kɔ̃.kuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concours
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concours in French?
concours appears 79 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).