Goncourt

[ gawn-koor; for 2 also English gon-koor ]

/ gɔ̃ˈkur; for 2 also English gɒnˈkʊər /

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noun

Ed·mond Louis An·toine Hu·ot de

[ed-mawnlwee ahn-twany-ohduh], /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/, 1822–96, and his brother Jules Al·fred Huot de

[zhyl al-fred], /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/, 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.

Prix Gon·court

[preegon-koor; French pree gawn-koor], /ˈpri gɒnˈkʊər; French pri gɔ̃ˈkur/, an annual award of money made by a French literary society (Académie Goncourt ) for the best prose work of the year.

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Words nearby Goncourt

gonangium, go native, Gonâve, Gonçalves Dias, Goncharov, Goncourt, Gond, Gondar, Gondi, gondola, gondola back

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How to use Goncourt in a sentence

The 69-year-old Modiano is well known, even celebrated, in France, where he has previously been awarded the coveted Prix Goncourt.
Who the Hell Is Patrick Modiano?|Malcolm Jones|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As well as the Bad Sex Award, it has already been lauded with the Prix Goncourt.
Worst Sex Writing of the Year|Olivia Cole|December 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The Goncourt, the French literary prize, has lifelong judges—often themselves novelists.
Mantel Books the Booker|John Sutherland|October 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But at least the Goncourt, with its derisory 50NF cash reward, had clean hands.
Mantel Books the Booker|John Sutherland|October 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST

When the Booker Prize was launched as the “British Goncourt” in 1969, it was met by a universal guffaw.
Mantel Books the Booker|John Sutherland|October 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Rightly has Edmond de Goncourt called him a lyric poet, the great poet of the eighteenth century.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
The paragraphs quoted are interesting, however, as showing De Goncourt's state of mind in that year.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Si les Goncourt taient devenus populaires, si la notion du style pouvait pntrer dans les cerveaux moyens!
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Flaubert devait beaucoup Chateaubriand: il serait difficile de nommer le matre des Goncourt.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
The sordid is there in all conscience as you would find it in De Goncourt, but Joyce's power is in his scope.
Instigations|Ezra Pound

British Dictionary definitions for Goncourt

Goncourt

/ (French ɡɔ̃kur) /

noun

Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de (ɛdmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃twan yo də), 1822–96, and his brother, Jules Alfred Huot de (ʒyl alfrɛd), 1830–70, French writers, noted for their collaboration, esp on their Journal, and for the Académie Goncourt founded by Edmond's will

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