au courant

[oh koo-rahn, 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

And she showed she’s a close study of au courant Gen Z retro hits, slipping into the breezy disco of “Moonlit Floor,” her kinda-cover of Sixpence None The Richer.

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Undecided voters can be targeted precisely in many ways, with TikTok the most au courant example.

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Had it arrived four years earlier, amid the spate of class-conscious thrillers like “Parasite,” “Knives Out” and “Joker,” Fennell’s version of an eat-the-rich satire might have seemed at least thematically au courant.

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Capping a day filled with more au courant sounds, Bridges closed out Saturday with his polished throwback magic that proves some things never go out of style.

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This time, the villain is the very au courant artificial intelligence, here called the Entity.

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