courant
French, noun/ku.ʁɑ̃/
courant is spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written French, the 871st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courant is a French masculine noun meaning “current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of courir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déplacement ordonné d’un fluide”.
What does courant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
current, present
- 2
fluent (able to speak a language accurately and confidently)
- 3
common
noun
- 1
masculinecurrent (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
verb
- 1
present participle of courir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui court. 2. Qui n’est pas encore dû. 3. Qui est présent, actuel, en parlant d’années, de mois, etc. 4. Qui est commun, ordinaire.
noun: 1. Déplacement ordonné d’un fluide. 2. Canal ou ruisseau qui court. 3. Mouvement qui se produit en certains endroits de la mer ou d’un fleuve et qui est indépendant de l’action du vent. 4. Courant électrique (passage de l’électricité à travers un conducteur) voire l'intensité d'un courant électrique.
preposition: 1. Au cours de.
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 courant
- courante feminine
- courants masculine plural
- courantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courant?
- /ku.ʁɑ̃/
- \ku.ʁɑ̃\
- [ku.ʁɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to courant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is courant in French?
courant appears 95 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).