courir French · revision 16432

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1050, Vie de saint Alexis (curre)|origins=la currō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ku.ʁiʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''courir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|curre]], ''corre'', ''courre'' (about 1050), and ''curir'' (1080); ''courre'' survives in ''chasse à courre''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|curre]], [[inh|la|currō|t=to run]], with a change of conjugation to “-ir”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|2, 1565b)^(Wiktionary) The older “courre” kept the Latin stress, and the future “je courrai” still comes from it.^(Littré 1873)^(DHLF 1992) Rey connects “currō” with an Italo-Celtic and Germanic group of words for chariots and horses, including [[char]], Wiktionary gives [[ine-pro|*ḱers-|t=to run]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[it|correre]], [[pro|corre]], [[es|correr]] and [[pt|correr]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the middle of the 11th century in the ''Vie de saint Alexis'' as ''curre'', meaning “to move by bounds, run”, and also of a thing moving quickly.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) it is used of running to reach someone and of flowing water.^(TLFi) It meant “to be current, valid” in 1119 and, of a rumour, “to spread” after 1225, ''par les temps qui courent'' continues this.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) With an infinitive, “to go quickly in order to”, it dates from about 1160, and “to hurry” from 1262–1268.^(TLFi) Transitive uses followed: “to roam (a country)” (about 1210), “to pursue” (about 1225), and later ''courir un risque'', ''courir les filles'' and ''courir le monde''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary) ''Courir'' in a race is in Amyot (1559).^(TLFi)

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+ Derivatives and compounds include [[courant]] and [[coureur]] (12th century) and [[encourir]] (12th century); [[courrier]] (1464) is borrowed from Italian ''corriere''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1050 – ''Curre'' in the ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1100 – ''Curir'', and ''ewe curant'' “running water”, in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1119 – “To be current”, in Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1210 – Transitive “to roam”.^(TLFi)

+ * After 1225 – Of a rumour, “to spread”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1464 – ''Courrier'', from Italian.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1559 – To run in a race, in Amyot.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|run]]: ''courir vite'', ''courir un marathon''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To hurry, rush: ''courir faire quelque chose''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(of a thing)'' To flow; to spread, circulate: ''le bruit court que…''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To run in a race; to race.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To roam: ''courir le monde''; to frequent: ''courir les bals''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To run (a risk): ''courir un danger''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Courir après'': to chase, ''tu peux toujours courir'': no chance.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Louisiana)'' To go.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[courant]]

+ * [[coureur]]

+ * [[encourir]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[courre]]

+ * [[courrier]]

+ * [[cours]]

+ * [[course]]

+ * [[coursier]]

+ * [[curseur]]

+ * [[discourir]]

+ * [[parcourir]]

+ * [[recourir]]

+ * [[secourir]]

+ * [[accourir]]

+ * [[la|currō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}