courier

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• rhymes with -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈkɝ.i.ɚ/
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• Scotland: /ˈkʉː.ɹi.əɹ/
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• homophone: currier (without the foot-strut split or with the hurry–furry merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: K ER1 IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: екскурзово́д (ekskurzovód) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Catalan: guia — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Chinese Mandarin: 領隊 /领队 (lǐngduì) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Chinese Mandarin: 講解員 /讲解员 (jiǎngjiěyuán) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Finnish: opas — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Galician: guía — person who looks after and guides tourists
• German: Reiseführer — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Hungarian: idegenvezető — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Japanese: 旅行添乗員 (ryokōtenjōin) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Japanese: ツアーコンダクター (tsuākondakutā) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Latin: nūntius — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Maltese: gwida — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Persian: گردشبر — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Portuguese: guia — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Russian: экскурсово́д (ekskursovód) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Russian: гид (gid) — person who looks after and guides tourists
• Armenian: սուրհանդակ (surhandak) — person who delivers messages
• Belarusian: кур'е́р (kurʺjér) — person who delivers messages
• Belarusian: пасы́льны (pasýlʹny) — person who delivers messages
• Belarusian: пасла́нец (paslánjec) — person who delivers messages
• Bulgarian: курие́р (kuriér) — person who delivers messages
• Bulgarian: пра́теник (prátenik) — person who delivers messages
• Burmese: တမန် (ta.man) — person who delivers messages
• Catalan: correu — person who delivers messages
• Catalan: missatger — person who delivers messages
• Chinese Mandarin: 信使 (xìnshǐ) — person who delivers messages
• Chinese Mandarin: 郵差 /邮差 (yóuchāi) — person who delivers messages
• Chinese Mandarin: 郵遞員 /邮递员 (yóudìyuán) — person who delivers messages
• Czech: kurýr — person who delivers messages
• Danish: kurer — person who delivers messages
• Dutch: koerier — person who delivers messages
• Esperanto: kuriero — person who delivers messages
• Finnish: lähetti — person who delivers messages
• Finnish: kuriiri — person who delivers messages
• French: coursier — person who delivers messages
• French: messager — person who delivers messages
• Galician: mensaxeiro — person who delivers messages
• Galician: correo — person who delivers messages
• German: Kurier — person who delivers messages
• Ancient Greek: ἀστάνδης (astándēs) — person who delivers messages
• Hebrew: שליח (shalyakh) — person who delivers messages
• Hebrew: שליחה (shlikha) — person who delivers messages
• Hindi: संदेशवाहक (sandeśvāhak) — person who delivers messages
• Hungarian: futár — person who delivers messages
• Hungarian: küldönc — person who delivers messages
• Hungarian: hírnök — person who delivers messages
• Indonesian: kurir — person who delivers messages
• Irish: eachlach — person who delivers messages
• Italian: corriere — person who delivers messages
• Japanese: 郵便配達人 (yūbin haitatsunin) — person who delivers messages
• Japanese: メッセンジャー (messenjā) — person who delivers messages
• Latin: cursor — person who delivers messages
• Latin: nūntius — person who delivers messages
• Latin: angarius — person who delivers messages
• Latin: tabellārius — person who delivers messages
• Lithuanian: kurjeris — person who delivers messages
• Macedonian: курир (kurir) — person who delivers messages
• Maltese: kurrier — person who delivers messages
• Māori: karere — person who delivers messages
• Māori: kaiwaewae — person who delivers messages
• Occitan: mandador — person who delivers messages
• Occitan: mandairitz — person who delivers messages
• Occitan: mandairises — person who delivers messages
• Occitan: mandadora — person who delivers messages
• Persian: نامهرسان — person who delivers messages
• Polish: kurier — person who delivers messages
• Polish: kurierka — person who delivers messages
• Portuguese: mensageiro — person who delivers messages
• Portuguese: estafeta — person who delivers messages
• Russian: курье́р (kurʹjér) — person who delivers messages
• Russian: посы́льный (posýlʹnyj) — person who delivers messages
• Slovak: kuriér — person who delivers messages
• Spanish: mensajero — person who delivers messages
• Spanish: estafeta — person who delivers messages
• Swedish: kurir — person who delivers messages
• Turkish: ulak — person who delivers messages
• Turkish: haberci — person who delivers messages
• Turkish: peyk — person who delivers messages
• Ottoman Turkish: اولاق (ulak) — person who delivers messages
• Ottoman Turkish: چاپار (çapar) — person who delivers messages
• Ottoman Turkish: پیك (peyk) — person who delivers messages
• Ottoman Turkish: مژدهجی (müjdeci) — person who delivers messages
• Ukrainian: кур'є́р (kurʺjér) — person who delivers messages
• Ukrainian: поси́льний (posýlʹnyj) — person who delivers messages
• Ukrainian: посла́нець (poslánecʹ) — person who delivers messages
• Zazaki: berder — person who delivers messages
• Zazaki: berdoğ — person who delivers messages
• Bulgarian: курие́рска слу́жба (kuriérska slúžba) — company that delivers messages
• Finnish: lähettiyritys — company that delivers messages
• German: Kurierdienst — company that delivers messages
• Indonesian: kurir — company that delivers messages
• Italian: corriere — company that delivers messages
• Japanese: 急使 (kyuushi) — company that delivers messages
• Lithuanian: kurjeris — company that delivers messages
• Persian: پیک — company that delivers messages
• Portuguese: correio — company that delivers messages
• Russian: курье́рская слу́жба (kurʹjérskaja slúžba) — company that delivers messages
• Finnish: kuriiriyritys — company that transports goods
• Indonesian: kurir — company that transports goods
• Japanese: 運送会社 (unsōgaisha) — company that transports goods
• Japanese: 宅配会社 (takuhai-gaisha) — company that transports goods
• Lithuanian: kurjeris — company that transports goods
• Persian: باربری — company that transports goods
• Portuguese: transportadora — company that transports goods
• Spanish: courier — company that transports goods
• Spanish: courrier — company that transports goods