course
French, noun
course is spelled C-O-U-R-S-E (6 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Course is a French feminine noun meaning “run, running” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, coursé is a different word: “past participle of courser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de courir, mouvement de celui qui court”.
What does course mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerun, running
- 2
femininerace
- 3
feminineerrand
verb
- 1
past participle of courser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de courir, mouvement de celui qui court. 2. Toute épreuve sportive où la vitesse est en jeu. 3. Cours, mouvement apparent des astres. 4. Actes d’hostilité que l’on faisait en courant les mers ou en entrant dans le pays ennemi. Note d’usage : On dit maintenant incursion, reconnaissance, pointe, etc.
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 course
- courses plural
- coursée feminine
- coursés masculine plural
- coursées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to course
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is course in French?
course 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).