concours
AmericanEtymology
Origin of concours
1935–40; < French, Old French; 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
“Someone said to me, ‘We hope they don’t Hagertize everything,’” said Ken Gross, a veteran automotive writer, top-tier concours judge and museum curator.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021
I scoured the onionskin pages of Hemmings Motor News in search of what the English call a “well-sorted” car: mechanically sound but far from concours, one that I wouldn’t be afraid to drive.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 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
Apr�s trois ans de nouveaux travaux et de nouvelles sollicitations, je me d�cidai � provoquer encore une fois le concours des chambres l�gislatives.
From Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore
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