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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How to use Goncourt in a sentence

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons This novel won the literary Prix Femina Étranger.
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The 69-year-old Modiano is well known, even celebrated, in France, where he has previously been awarded the coveted Prix Goncourt.
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The French translation won Le testament casche and the Cezan Prix Litteraire.
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The highest level is the Grand Prix, which is practiced at the Olympics.
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He shared the 1964 Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at Cannes with Bernardo Bertolucci for Before the Revolution.
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Il vaut bien son prix: mais il faut toujours eviter les despenses inutiles.
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Among the competitors were my father and the painter Drouais, whose remarkable picture gained him the Grand Prix.
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At Dijon he had competed for the Prix de Rome, and had been so simple as to make a sketch for one of his rivals.
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He avoided association even with scholars who had taken the Prix de Rome.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
In 1792 he competed unsuccessfully for the Prix de Rome, and this failure was the making of him.
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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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