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• Received-Pronunciation: kôs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːs/
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• General-American: kôrs
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• General-American: /kɔɹs/
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• General-American:
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• homophone: coarse
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
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• kōrs rhotic
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• /koːɹs/ rhotic
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• /koəs/ non-rhotic
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• Tasmania: /kɜːs/
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• homophone: curse (Tasmania)
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s (Tasmania)
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• obsolete: /kuːɹs/
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• obsolete: /kʊɹs/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

304 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ընթացք (əntʻacʻkʻ) — sequence of events
• Azerbaijani: gediş — sequence of events
• Bulgarian: последователност (posledovatelnost) — sequence of events
• Czech: průběh — sequence of events
• Dutch: gang — sequence of events
• Finnish: järjestys — sequence of events
• Finnish: (tapahtumien) kulku — sequence of events
• Finnish: rata — sequence of events
• Hindi: घटनाक्रम (ghaṭnākram) — sequence of events
• Italian: corso — sequence of events
• Latin: cursus — sequence of events
• Māori: hātepe — sequence of events
• Middle English: cours — sequence of events
• Polish: ciąg — sequence of events
• Polish: bieg — sequence of events
• Portuguese: curso — sequence of events
• Spanish: transcurso — sequence of events
• Spanish: curso — sequence of events
• Spanish: decurso — sequence of events
• Turkish: mecra — sequence of events
• Finnish: järjestys — normal or customary sequence
• Latin: cursus — normal or customary sequence
• Māori: hātepe — normal or customary sequence
• Middle English: cours — normal or customary sequence
• Portuguese: curso — normal or customary sequence
• Bulgarian: ход (hod) — programme, chosen manner of proceeding
• Czech: postup — programme, chosen manner of proceeding
• Finnish: ohjelma — programme, chosen manner of proceeding
• Italian: programma — programme, chosen manner of proceeding
• Czech: postup — ordered process or sequence or steps
• Finnish: ohjelma — ordered process or sequence or steps
• Italian: sequenza — ordered process or sequence or steps
• Latin: cursus — ordered process or sequence or steps
• Sanskrit: यामन् (yāman) — ordered process or sequence or steps
• Afrikaans: kursus — education: learning program
• Arabic: دَوْرَة (dawra) — education: learning program
• Arabic: دَوْرَات (dawrāt) — education: learning program
• Arabic: حَلَقَة دِرَاسِيَّة (ḥalaqa dirāsiyya) — education: learning program
• Armenian: կուրս (kurs) — education: learning program
• Armenian: դասընթաց (dasəntʻacʻ) — education: learning program
• Azerbaijani: kurs — education: learning program
• Belarusian: курс (kurs) — education: learning program
• Bulgarian: курс (kurs) — education: learning program
• Catalan: curs — education: learning program
• Chinese Cantonese: 課程 /课程 (fo3 cing4) — education: learning program
• Chinese Mandarin: 課程 /课程 (kèchéng) — education: learning program
• Czech: kurz — education: learning program
• Danish: kursus — education: learning program
• Dutch: cursus — education: learning program
• Dutch: opleiding — education: learning program
• Esperanto: kurso — education: learning program
• Finnish: kurssi — education: learning program
• Finnish: kulkusuunta — education: learning program
• French: cours — education: learning program
• German: Kurs — education: learning program
• German: Lehrgang — education: learning program
• Hebrew: קוּרְס (qurs) — education: learning program
• Hungarian: kurzus — education: learning program
• Hungarian: tanfolyam — education: learning program
• Icelandic: námskeið — education: learning program
• Icelandic: námsbraut — education: learning program
• Indonesian: kursus — education: learning program
• Indonesian: program studi — education: learning program
• Irish: cúrsa — education: learning program
• Italian: corso — education: learning program
• Japanese: コース (kōsu) — education: learning program
• Japanese: 課程 (katei) — education: learning program
• Korean: 코스 (koseu) — education: learning program
• Korean: 과정 (gwajeong) — education: learning program
• Luxembourgish: Cours — education: learning program
• Macedonian: курс (kurs) — education: learning program
• Malay: kursus — education: learning program
• Māori: akoranga — education: learning program
• Māori: akomanga — education: learning program
• Māori: kōhi — education: learning program
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurs — education: learning program
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kurs — education: learning program
• Polish: kurs — education: learning program
• Portuguese: curso — education: learning program
• Portuguese: disciplina — education: learning program
• Portuguese: matéria — education: learning program
• Romanian: curs — education: learning program
• Romanian: oră — education: learning program
• Russian: курс (kurs) — education: learning program
• Russian: ку́рсы (kúrsy) — education: learning program
• Scots: coorse — education: learning program
• Serbo-Croatian: течај (tečaj) — education: learning program
• Serbo-Croatian: kolegij — education: learning program
• Slovene: tečaj — education: learning program
• Spanish: curso — education: learning program
• Spanish: materia — education: learning program
• Swahili: kozi — education: learning program
• Swedish: kurs — education: learning program
• Tongan: koosi — education: learning program
• Ukrainian: курс (kurs) — education: learning program
• Vietnamese: khoá học — education: learning program
• Walloon: cours — education: learning program
• Walloon: luçon — education: learning program
• Welsh: cwrs — education: learning program
• Yiddish: קורס (kurs) — education: learning program
• Yoruba: ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ — education: learning program
• Yoruba: ìdálẹ́kọ̀ọ́ — education: learning program
• Bulgarian: курс (kurs) — medicine: treatment plan
• Czech: kúra — medicine: treatment plan
• Dutch: kuur — medicine: treatment plan
• Finnish: hoitosuunnitelma — medicine: treatment plan
• Irish: réim — medicine: treatment plan
• Italian: decorso — medicine: treatment plan
• Russian: курс (kurs) — medicine: treatment plan
• Bulgarian: блюдо (bljudo) — cooking: stage of a meal
• Bulgarian: ядене (jadene) — cooking: stage of a meal
• Catalan: plat — cooking: stage of a meal
• Czech: chod — cooking: stage of a meal
• Danish: ret — cooking: stage of a meal
• Dutch: gang — cooking: stage of a meal
• Dutch: gerecht — cooking: stage of a meal
• Finnish: ruokalaji — cooking: stage of a meal
• French: plat — cooking: stage of a meal
• German: Gang — cooking: stage of a meal
• Hebrew: מָנָה (maná) — cooking: stage of a meal
• Hungarian: fogás — cooking: stage of a meal
• Irish: cúrsa — cooking: stage of a meal
• Italian: portata — cooking: stage of a meal
• Italian: pietanza — cooking: stage of a meal
• Central Kurdish: جەم (cem) — cooking: stage of a meal
• Latin: ferculum — cooking: stage of a meal
• Latin: mensa — cooking: stage of a meal
• Middle English: cours — cooking: stage of a meal
• Norwegian: rett — cooking: stage of a meal
• Polish: danie — cooking: stage of a meal
• Portuguese: prato — cooking: stage of a meal
• Romanian: fel — cooking: stage of a meal
• Russian: блю́до (bljúdo) — cooking: stage of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: jelo — cooking: stage of a meal
• Spanish: plato — cooking: stage of a meal
• Spanish: tiempo — cooking: stage of a meal
• Swedish: rätt — cooking: stage of a meal
• Ukrainian: стра́ва (stráva) — cooking: stage of a meal
• Finnish: palvelusvuoro — succession of one to another in office or duty
• Finnish: vuoro — succession of one to another in office or duty
• Finnish: työvuoro — succession of one to another in office or duty
• Italian: turno — succession of one to another in office or duty
• Middle English: cours — succession of one to another in office or duty
• Portuguese: turno — succession of one to another in office or duty
• Dutch: weg — path that something or someone moves along
• Finnish: polku — path that something or someone moves along
• Finnish: rata — path that something or someone moves along
• Finnish: reitti — path that something or someone moves along
• Ingrian: rata — path that something or someone moves along
• Irish: réim — path that something or someone moves along
• Irish: slí — path that something or someone moves along
• Italian: percorso — path that something or someone moves along
• Māori: kokenga — path that something or someone moves along
• Māori: raranga — path that something or someone moves along
• Middle English: cours — path that something or someone moves along
• Portuguese: percurso — path that something or someone moves along
• Sanskrit: पथ (patha) — path that something or someone moves along
• Catalan: itinerari — itinerary of a race
• Catalan: ruta — itinerary of a race
• Catalan: recorregut — itinerary of a race
• Danish: rute — itinerary of a race
• Danish: bane — itinerary of a race
• Dutch: parcours — itinerary of a race
• Finnish: reitti — itinerary of a race
• French: parcours — itinerary of a race
• German: Strecke — itinerary of a race
• Hungarian: útirány — itinerary of a race
• Hungarian: irány — itinerary of a race
• Italian: percorso — itinerary of a race
• Italian: itinerario — itinerary of a race
• Latin: cursus — itinerary of a race
• Norwegian: rute — itinerary of a race
• Portuguese: percurso — itinerary of a race
• Russian: курс (kurs) — itinerary of a race
• Spanish: ruta — itinerary of a race
• Bulgarian: траектория (traektorija) — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Catalan: trajectòria — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Danish: bane — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Dutch: baan — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Finnish: rata — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Finnish: lentorata — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• French: trajectoire — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• German: Bahn — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Hungarian: röppálya — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Italian: traiettoria — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Māori: rerenga — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Norwegian: bane — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Norwegian: kurs — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Polish: trajektoria — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Portuguese: trajetória — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Russian: траекто́рия (trajektórija) — sports: trajectory of a ball etc.
• Belarusian: курс (kurs) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Bulgarian: курс (kurs) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Catalan: rumb — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Catalan: curs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 航路 (hánglù) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Czech: kurz — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Danish: kurs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Dutch: koers — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Finnish: kurssi — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• French: route — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• German: Kurs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Hebrew: אֹרַח (orakh) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Hebrew: קוּרְס (kurs) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Hungarian: útirány — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Hungarian: irány — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Ingrian: kurssi — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Italian: rotta — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Italian: itinerario — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Japanese: コース (kōsu) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Japanese: 航路 (kōro) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Korean: 코스 (koseu) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Korean: 항로 (hangno) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Latin: cursus — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Māori: raranga — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Middle English: cours — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kurs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Polish: kurs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Portuguese: curso — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Russian: курс (kurs) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Scottish Gaelic: iùl — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Spanish: rumbo — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Spanish: derrotero — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Spanish: curso — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Spanish: derrota — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Spanish: rota — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Swedish: kurs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Ukrainian: курс (kurs) — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Welsh: cwrs — nautical: direction of movement of a vessel
• Bulgarian: курс (kurs) — intended passage of voyage
• Danish: kurs — intended passage of voyage
• Dutch: koers — intended passage of voyage
• Finnish: reitti — intended passage of voyage
• Hungarian: útirány — intended passage of voyage
• Hungarian: irány — intended passage of voyage
• Italian: rotta — intended passage of voyage
• Japanese: コース (kōsu) — intended passage of voyage
• Korean: 코스 (koseu) — intended passage of voyage
• Māori: rerenga — intended passage of voyage
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurs — intended passage of voyage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kurs — intended passage of voyage
• Polish: kurs — intended passage of voyage
• Portuguese: curso — intended passage of voyage
• Russian: курс (kurs) — intended passage of voyage
• Scottish Gaelic: iùl — intended passage of voyage
• Spanish: curso — intended passage of voyage
• Tocharian B: yoñiya — intended passage of voyage
• Welsh: cwrs — intended passage of voyage
• Danish: undersejl — lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast — see also mainsail
• Bulgarian: редица (redica) — row or file of objects
• Finnish: rivi — row or file of objects
• Portuguese: fileira — row or file of objects
• Russian: ряд (rjad) — row or file of objects
• Bulgarian: ред (red) — masonry: row of bricks
• Danish: skifte — masonry: row of bricks
• Finnish: varvi — masonry: row of bricks
• Finnish: tiilivarvi — masonry: row of bricks
• Finnish: kerros — masonry: row of bricks
• Galician: fiada — masonry: row of bricks
• Hebrew: נִדְבָּךְ (nidbách) — masonry: row of bricks
• Hungarian: téglasor — masonry: row of bricks
• Italian: fila — masonry: row of bricks
• Māori: papanga — masonry: row of bricks
• Middle English: cours — masonry: row of bricks
• Norwegian: skift — masonry: row of bricks
• Portuguese: fileira — masonry: row of bricks
• Finnish: kerros — roofing: row of material that forms the roofing
• Finnish: kerros — textiles: in weft knitting, a single row of loops
• Finnish: luutunkieli — music: string on a lute
• Finnish: kieli — music: string on a lute
• Finnish: kielipari — music: pair of strings played together
• Bulgarian: протичам (protičam) — Flow
• Catalan: cursar — Flow
• Catalan: recórrer — Flow
• Czech: proudit — Flow
• Czech: protékat — Flow
• Czech: téct — Flow
• Danish: rulle — Flow
• Dutch: vloeien — Flow
• Esperanto: trakuri — Flow
• French: parcourir — Flow
• Galician: correr — Flow
• German: fließen — Flow
• Italian: scorrere — Flow
• Māori: rere — Flow
• Portuguese: correr — Flow
• Russian: течь (tečʹ) — Flow
• Russian: бежа́ть (bežátʹ) — Flow
• Russian: циркули́ровать (cirkulírovatʹ) — Flow
• Spanish: correr — Flow
• Bulgarian: гоня (gonja) — Pursue
• Bulgarian: преследвам (presledvam) — Pursue
• Czech: sledovat — Pursue
• Czech: stíhat — Pursue
• Czech: pronásledovat — Pursue
• Danish: jage — Pursue
• Dutch: achtervolgen — Pursue
• Dutch: achternazitten — Pursue
• Galician: perseguir — Pursue
• German: verfolgen — Pursue
• Italian: braccare — Pursue
• Russian: пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) — Pursue
• Spanish: perseguir — Pursue