1. Chemin.
2. Trajet. Un parcours quotidien.
3. Trajet de concours. Un parcours d'obstacles.
4. (Au figuré) Stade. Les parcours d'une carrière.
ETYM French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.
1. A usually circular line encompassing an area.<br />
2. The space enclosed within such a line.
3. A course around a periphery.
4. A circuitous or indirect route.
5. A regular tour (as by a traveling judge or preacher) around an assigned district or territory.
6. the route traveled.
7. A group of church congregations ministered to by one pastor.
A circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport.
ETYM French cours, course, Latin cursus, from currere to run. Related to Current.
(Homonym: coarse).
1. A mode of action.
2. General line of orientation; SYN. trend.
3. Part of a meal served at one time.
4. Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; SYN. course of study, course of instruction, class.
5. A layer of masonry; SYN. row.
6. A connected series of events or actions or developments; or; SYN. line.
ETYM Old Eng. and French route, Old Fren. rote, from Latin rupta (sc. via), from ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. Related to Rout, Rut a track.
(Homonym: rout).
1. A line of travel; course.
2. An established or selected course of travel or action; an assigned territory to be systematically covered.
3. A traveled way; highway; a means of access; channel.
ETYM Cf. French trajectoire.
The path followed by a moving object; SYN. flight.