concours
AmericanEtymology
Origin of concours
1935–40; < French, Old French; see concourse
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, I was invited to show the BMW at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, arguably the world’s most prestigious car concours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
“I think of my life,” Justus Rosenberg once told an interviewer, “as what the French call concours de circonstances — a confluence of circumstances.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021
Some customers want perfect concours restorations; others want upgraded hot rods.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021
“It’s a serious collection,” said Peter Hageman, a Kirkland-based car collector, dealer and concours judge specializing in Bentleys.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018
He quite ceased going out, and gave up the reception-days he had established for the peasants, without the assistance of the priest, sans le concours du clergé.
From The Jew and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
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