concours
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of concours
1935–40; < French, Old French; see concourse
Example Sentences
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Just to have a car at this concours is an honor.
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
And I have been good to them all—every one—I vow I have—even to that animal of a Breal, who is always robbing me of my place at the concours, and taking mean advantages.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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