courre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French courre, from Latin currere (“run”). Compare courir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: cour, coure, courent, coures, cours, court, courts

Verb

courre

1. (hunting) to run

Conjugation

courre is a defective verb, and is only used in the infinitive.[1]

Derived terms

• laisse-courre
• chasse à courre

Related terms

• courir

Further reading

• “courre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French courre, corre, from Latin currere.

Verb

courre

1. to run

Descendants

• French: courre (verb), courir (noun)

Old French

Verb

courre

1. Alternative form of corre

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of courre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		courre			avoir couru
gerund		en courant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		courant
past participle		couru
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cour	cours	court	courons	courez	courent
	imperfect	couroie, coureie	couroies, coureies	couroit, coureit	couriiens, couriens	couriiez, couriez	couroient, coureient
	preterite	courui	courus	couru	courumes	courustes	coururent
	future	courrai	courras	courra	courrons	courroiz, courreiz, courrez	courront
	conditional	courroie, courreie	courroies, courreies	courroit, courreit	courriiens, courriens	courriiez, courriez	courroient, courreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	coure	coures	coure	courons	courez	courent
	imperfect	courusse	courusses	courust	courussons, courussiens	courussoiz, courussez, courussiez	courussent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cour	—	courons	courez	—