courir

French

Etymology

From Old French courre, corre (modified under the influence of -ir verbs), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of currō (“I run”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

courir

  1. to run
  2. to hurry; to rush
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      Ce soir-là, en sortant du travail, je cours me réfugier dans le premier bar, en face de la gare.
      That evening, leaving work, I rush to take refuge in the nearest bar, opposite the station.
  3. (Louisiana) to go
    Courez chercher mon livre! ― Go get my book!

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like other regular -ir verbs, except that in the conditional and future tenses an extra 'r' is added to the end of the stem and the past participle ends in -u. All verb ending in -courir are conjugated this way.

Conjugation of courir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple courir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple courant
/ku.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle couru
/ku.ʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cours
/kuʁ/		 cours
/kuʁ/		 court
/kuʁ/		 courons
/ku.ʁɔ̃/		 courez
/ku.ʁe/		 courent
/kuʁ/
imperfect courais
/ku.ʁɛ/		 courais
/ku.ʁɛ/		 courait
/ku.ʁɛ/		 courions
/ku.ʁjɔ̃/		 couriez
/ku.ʁje/		 couraient
/ku.ʁɛ/
past historic2 courus
/ku.ʁy/		 courus
/ku.ʁy/		 courut
/ku.ʁy/		 courûmes
/ku.ʁym/		 courûtes
/ku.ʁyt/		 coururent
/ku.ʁyʁ/
future courrai
/kuʁ.ʁe/		 courras
/kuʁ.ʁa/		 courra
/kuʁ.ʁa/		 courrons
/kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/		 courrez
/kuʁ.ʁe/		 courront
/kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional courrais
/kuʁ.ʁɛ/		 courrais
/kuʁ.ʁɛ/		 courrait
/kuʁ.ʁɛ/		 courrions
/kuʁ.ʁjɔ̃/		 courriez
/kuʁ.ʁje/		 courraient
/kuʁ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present coure
/kuʁ/		 coures
/kuʁ/		 coure
/kuʁ/		 courions
/ku.ʁjɔ̃/		 couriez
/ku.ʁje/		 courent
/kuʁ/
imperfect2 courusse
/ku.ʁys/		 courusses
/ku.ʁys/		 courût
/ku.ʁy/		 courussions
/ku.ʁy.sjɔ̃/		 courussiez
/ku.ʁy.sje/		 courussent
/ku.ʁys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cours
/kuʁ/		 — courons
/ku.ʁɔ̃/		 courez
/ku.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: kouri

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