Grammatical class

Noun

concours

competition; contest; competitive examination

Details

Syllables

con-cours

Phonetics

kɔ̃.kuʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1697

Freq. (movies)

1883

Freq. (news)

1479

Sentences

Concours de beauté

Beauty contest

A1

Grand concours de peuple

Great concourse of people; great crowd of people

A1

Tom a gagné le concours.

Tom won the contest.

A1

Je pris part au concours.

I took part in the contest.

A1

Qui a gagné le concours ?

Who won the contest?

A1

Ceci n'est pas un concours.

This isn't a competition.

A1

Il a gagné le concours d'art oratoire.

He won the public speaking contest.

A2

Tom a gagné le concours l'année dernière.

Tom won the contest last year.

A2

Elle a gagné le concours d'art oratoire.

She won the public speaking contest.

B1

Tom gagnait le concours de déguisements.

Tom won the costume contest.

B1

Les concours d'orthographe sont stupides.

Spelling bees are stupid.

B1

La femme...ne peut donner...à titre gratuit...sans le concours du mari dans l’acte...

The wife...cannot make a gift...gratuitously...without the participation of the husband in the act...

B2