discours

discours (plural discourses)

1. Obsolete form of discourse.
   • 1580, Leonardo Phioravanti, translated by Iohn Hester, A Short Discours of the Excellent Doctour and Knight, Maister Leonardo Phioravanti Bolognese vppon Chirurgerie. […], London: […] Thomas East, title page:

     A SHORT DISCOURS Of the excellent Doctour and Knight,maiſter Leonardo phioravanti bolognese vppon Chirurgerie.

   • [1598], Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, translated by [William Phillip], Iohn Huighen van Linschoten. His Discours of Voyages into yͤ Easte & West Indies. […], London: […] [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe […], title page:

     IOHN HVIGHEN VAN LINSCHOTEN. his Diſcours of Voyages into yͤ Easte & West Indies.

   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Vpon the Insolency of the Tumults”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 32:

     Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours it ſelfe, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.

Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Latin discursus.

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkuːr/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧cours
• Rhymes: -uːr

discours n (plural discoursen, diminutive discoursje n)

1. discourse (way of thinking involving certain concepts and terms)
2. discourse (exposition of some length)

   Wie ook deze discours snapt, zal weten dat mij slechts dactylisch hexameter vertrouwd is en niets anders, geef me toch vrijheid!

   Who also understands this exposition, will know that only dactylic hexameter is familiar to me and nothing else, give me liberty!

• vertoog

• discoursanalyse

• → Papiamentu: deeskoers (dated)

Inherited from Middle French discours, borrowed (with influence from cours) from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”) (from Latin discurrō (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + currō (“run”)). Compare English discourse.

• IPA^(key): /dis.kuʁ/

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discours m (countable and uncountable, plural discours)

1. (uncountable) speech

   discours direct ― direct speech

   discours indirect ― indirect speech

   partie du discours, élément du discours ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (countable) speech, address, talk, oral presentation

   prononcer un discours devant une assemblée ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   discours de haine ― hate speech

• discourir
• discursif

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

Borrowed from Late Latin discursus.

discours m (plural discours)

1. speech; discourse

• French: discours

Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”).

discours m (plural discours)

1. (Jersey) speech

• faithe un discours (“to make a speech”)