coureur
French, noun/ku.ʁœʁ/
coureur is spelled C-O-U-R-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coureur is a French masculine noun meaning “runner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui se livre à l’exercice de la course”.
What does coureur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerunner
- 2
masculineracer
- 3
masculinerider
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui se livre à l’exercice de la course. 2. Celui qui dispute le prix dans une course à pied, à bicyclette ou à cheval. 3. Cheval de selle, que sa taille et sa légèreté rendent propre à la course. 4. Celui qui va et vient, qui est souvent par la ville ou en voyage.
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 coureur
- coureurs plural
- coureuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coureur?
- /ku.ʁœʁ/
- \ku.ʁœʁ\
- [ku.ʁœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coureur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coureur in French?
coureur appears 6.0 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).