recourir
French, verb/ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ/
recourir is spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recourir is a French verb meaning “to run again, to race again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courir de nouveau”.
What does recourir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run again, to race again
- 2
to resort
- 3
to turn [with à ‘to a person’] (for help, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Courir de nouveau. 2. Demander du secours ; s’adresser à quelqu’un pour en obtenir quelque chose. 3. Se pourvoir. 4. User ; utiliser ; avoir recours ; en parlant des choses.
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 recourir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- recourant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- recouru participle past
- recours first-person indicative present
- recourt indicative present singular
- recourons first-person indicative plural
- recourez indicative plural present
- recourent indicative plural present
- recourais first-person imperfect indicative
- recourait imperfect indicative singular
- recourions first-person imperfect indicative
- recouriez imperfect indicative plural
- recouraient imperfect indicative plural
- recourus first-person historic indicative
- recourut historic indicative past
- recourûmes first-person historic indicative
- recourûtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recourir?
- /ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ/
- \ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\
- [ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recourir in French?
recourir appears 6.3 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).