coure

See also: couré and couře

English

Verb

coure (third-person singular simple present coures, present participle couring, simple past and past participle coured)

1. Obsolete form of cower.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.

Anagrams

• Cuero

Catalan

Etymology 1

Chemical element
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From Late Latin cuprum (compare Spanish cobre), from Latin cyprium (aes) (compare Occitan coire, French cuivre), from Ancient Greek Κῠ́προς (Kúpros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkow.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɔw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔw.ɾe]

Noun

coure m (uncountable)

1. copper

Related terms

• courer

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin cocere, from Latin coquere. Compare Occitan còire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔw.ɾe]

Verb

coure (first-person singular present coc, first-person singular preterite coguí, past participle cuit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/ (in the meaning "to cook")
coure (first-person singular present coc, first-person singular preterite coguí, past participle cogut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/ (in the meaning "to sting")

1. to cook

   Synonym: cuinar

2. to sting

Conjugation

meaning "to cook"

    Conjugation of coure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			coure
gerund			coent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cuit		cuita
		plural		cuits		cuites
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	coc	cous	cou	coem	coeu	couen
	imperfect	coïa	coïes	coïa	coíem	coíeu	coïen
	future	couré	couràs	courà	courem	coureu	couran
	preterite	coguí	cogueres	cogué	coguérem	coguéreu	cogueren
	conditional	couria	couries	couria	couríem	couríeu	courien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cogui	coguis	cogui	coguem	cogueu	coguin
	imperfect	cogués	coguessis	cogués	coguéssim	coguéssiu	coguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cou	cogui	coguem	coeu	coguin
	negative (no)	—	no coguis	no cogui	no coguem	no cogueu	no coguin

meaning "to sting"

    Conjugation of coure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			coure
gerund			coent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cogut		coguda
		plural		coguts		cogudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	coc	cous	cou	coem	coeu	couen
	imperfect	coïa	coïes	coïa	coíem	coíeu	coïen
	future	couré	couràs	courà	courem	coureu	couran
	preterite	coguí	cogueres	cogué	coguérem	coguéreu	cogueren
	conditional	couria	couries	couria	couríem	couríeu	courien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cogui	coguis	cogui	coguem	cogueu	coguin
	imperfect	cogués	coguessis	cogués	coguéssim	coguéssiu	coguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cou	cogui	coguem	coeu	coguin
	negative (no)	—	no coguis	no cogui	no coguem	no cogueu	no coguin

Derived terms

• recoure

Related terms

• cocció
• courim
• cuina
• cuita
• cuitar
• cuitor
• cuitós

 

Further reading

• “coure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “coure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “coure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “coure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʁ/

• Audio:

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

Verb

coure

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of courir

Anagrams

• coeur, cœur, écrou

Old French

Verb

coure

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 coure (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		coure			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	—

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kure (“good”). Compare Kari'na kure, Apalaí kure, Trió kure, Waiwai kirwan.

Adverb

coure

1. being good, well

Further reading

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643