cours magistral
\kuʁ ma.ʒis.tʁal\
The verdict
“cours magistral” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cours universitaire donné en amphithéâtre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cours magistral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁ ma.ʒis.tʁal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cours magistral” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cours magistral is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kuʁ ma.ʒis.tʁal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cours universitaire donné en amphithéâtre.".
cours magistral has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cours magistral, spelled C-O-U-R-S- -M-A-G-I-S-T-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Cours universitaire donné en amphithéâtre.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-S- -M-A-G-I-S-T-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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