recours
French, noun/ʁə.kuʁ/
recours is spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-S (7 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recours is a French masculine noun meaning “recourse, resort, way out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/second-person singular present indicative of recourir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle on recherche de l’assistance, du secours”.
What does recours mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerecourse, resort, way out
- 2
masculineappeal
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle on recherche de l’assistance, du secours. 2. Refuge, ce à quoi on recourt. 3. Droit de reprise par voie légale, l’action qu’on peut avoir contre quelqu’un pour être garanti ou indemnisé.
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.
How do you pronounce recours?
- /ʁə.kuʁ/
- \ʁə.kuʁ\
- [ʁə.kuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recours
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recours in French?
recours appears 38 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).