au courant

[ oh koo-rahn; French oh koo-rahn ]

adjective

1. up-to-date.
2. fully aware or familiar; cognizant.

au courant

/ o kurɑ̃ /

adjective

1. up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs

Word History and Origins

Origin of au courant¹

< French: literally, in the current

Word History and Origins

Origin of au courant¹

literally: in the current

Example Sentences

When party ID samples in polls was the au courant topic, I weighed in mocking the conservatives.

From The Daily Beast

Beyond its hosts, the Oscars telecast itself is being positioned as more au courant than ever before.

From The Daily Beast

This is the passage which Diderot has transposed and put au courant with science in his Rve d'Alembert.

From Project Gutenberg

The monthly periodicals will place you much more au courant with the conversation and acquirements of the day.

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Geoffrey has become a greater man than ever while you have been away, Mrs. Wynne; but you are no doubt au courant of all his news?

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He was a dapper energetic little fellow wearing foreign dress and quite au courant with foreign ways.

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A couple of minutes were sufficient to put him au courant of the real state of things.

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