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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcourt, fromOld Frenchcort, curt, fromLatincōrtem (accusative ofcōrs), ultimately fromcohors.Doublet ofcohort.

Acourt (def. 4.2) assembled to hear the testimony ofCharles Lindbergh. The room is also acourt (def. 4.1).
Professional tennis players playing on a tenniscourt (def. 5) in New Delhi, India

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court (pluralcourts)

  2. An enclosed space; acourtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; ablind alley.
    The girls were playing in thecourt.
    1. (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, acul-de-sac.
    2. (Hong Kong, only used in names) Ahousing estate under theHome Ownership Scheme.
    3. (Hong Kong, only used in names) Anapartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
  4. (social)Royal society.
    1. The residence of asovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; apalace.
      The noblemen visited the queen in hercourt.
    2. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
      Meronym:royal household
      The queen and hercourt traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.
    3. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
  6. Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
  7. (law) The administration oflaw.
    1. Thehall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
      Many famous criminals have been put on trial in thiscourt.
    2. The persons officially assembled under authority oflaw, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration ofjustice; an officialassembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge orjudges sitting for the hearing ortrial of cases.
      Thecourt started proceedings at 11 o'clock.
      • 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, inThe Guardian:
        Next month, Clemons will be brought before acourt presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
      • 1985, “Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)”, inJustice Canada‎[1], retrieved1 March 2020:
        536(2.1). ... You have the option to elect to be tried by a provincial court judge without a jury; or you may elect to be tried by a judge without a jury; or you may elect to be tried by acourt composed of a judge and jury.
    3. An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
      Each province in Canada has threecourts: a provincialcourt, a superiorcourt, and acourt of appeals.
    4. (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
      • 2017 May 5, Kevin R. Aalto, “Gordon v. Canada, 2017 FC 454”, inCanLII‎[2], retrieved23 February 2020:
        A case conference in person was convened.... To emphasize that it was a Court proceeding theCourt was gowned.
      • 2018 August 17, M.F. McParland, “R. v. Carlson, 2018 BCPC 209”, inCanLII‎[3], retrieved1 March 2020:
        [5]... defence alleges there is a reasonable apprehension of bias based on the cumulative effect of several issues including the following: (1) TheCourt was “crying” during the victim impact statement; (2) TheCourt laughed or “scoffed” when defence stated its sentencing position; ...(6) TheCourt’s tone, facial expression and demeanor throughout the proceedings...
    5. The session of a judicial assembly.
      Thecourt is now in session.
      • 2023 February 16, WCCO Staff, “Julissa Thaler sentenced to life in prison for murdering 6-year-old son, Eli Hart”, incbsnews.com‎[4]:
        On Thursday morning, a Hennepin County judge formally sentenced Julissa Thaler to the life sentence for Eli Hart's murder.[…] Aftercourt, family said their focus now turns to fundraising a playground in Mound in Eli Hart's honor[…]
    6. Anyjurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
  8. (sports) A place arranged for playing the games oftennis,basketball,handball,badminton,volleyball,squash and some other games
    The local sports club has six tenniscourts and two squashcourts.
    The shuttlecock landed outside thecourt.
    • 1935,George Goodchild, chapter 5, inDeath on the Centre Court:
      By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two maincourts and the subsidiarycourts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
    1. one of the two divisions of atennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
      • 2010, Cara Marcus,Faulkner Hospital:
        The photograph at left captures a great serve by Dr. Sadowsky, who will never forget one of Bobby Riggs's serves, which had such a great spin that it landed in hiscourt and bounced back to the other side of the net before he had a chance to return it.
  9. (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certainbird species in which toadvertise themselves for amate.
    The maleWilson's bird of paradise clears an area of rainforest to create acourt in which to perform an elaborate mating dance.

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Translations

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enclosed space; a courtyard
residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary
collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority
formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign
attention directed to a person in power
hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered
persons officially assembled under authority of law
tribunal established for the administration of justice
judge or judges
session of a judicial assembly
jurisdiction
place for playing the game of tennis and some other ball games
A mancourting a woman by giving her flowers, in a 14th century work

Verb

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court (third-person singular simple presentcourts,present participlecourting,simple past and past participlecourted)

  1. (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
    He wascourting big new accounts that previous salesmen had not attempted.
  2. (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
    Shecourted controversy with her frank speeches.
    • 1964 April, “Automatic Signalling Problems in an Emergency”, inModern Railways, page273:
      It is not unknown for hot axleboxes to fail completely and for wagons to become derailed as a result. Surely it iscourting disaster to allow a train to proceed for up to seven miles with a defective vehicle before it can be brought to a halt?
  3. (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
  4. (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
    The bird wascourting a potential mate by performing an elaborate dance.
    • 1849,Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 24, inThe History of England: From the Accession of James II, volume 5:
      By one person, however, Portland was still assiduouslycourted, and that person was the king.
  5. (transitive) To attempt to attract; to invite by attractions; toallure.
    Synonyms:charm,entrance;see alsoThesaurus:allure
    • a.1835,Alfred Lord Tennyson,The Gardener's Daughter:
      […] a well-worn pathwaycourted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge[…]
    • 1902, Robert Marshall Grade,The Haunted Major:
      It is a grim, grey old town, standing on bleak, precipitous cliffs thatcourt every passing hurricane,[…]
  6. (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
  7. (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
    Synonyms:romance,solicit;see alsoThesaurus:woo
    She's had a few beaus comecourting.
  8. (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
    At this time of year, you can see many animalscourting.

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Translations

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to attempt to win over

Further reading

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Frenchcurt, fromLatincurtus.

Adjective

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court (femininecourte,masculine pluralcourts,feminine pluralcourtes)

  1. short
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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court

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofcourir

Etymology 3

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Borrowed fromEnglishcourt.

Noun

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court m (pluralcourts)

  1. (tennis)court
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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchcort,curt, fromLatincōrs, contraction ofcohors, cohortem.

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court (pluralcourtes)

  1. Acourtyard; anenclosedspace.
  2. A grandresidence, especially that of aruler or noble.
  3. Thehousehold orretinue of aruler; a ruler'scourt.
  4. A(royal)assembly; adeliberative body.
  5. Acourt of law; thebody which administers justice:
    1. Acourt building; theplace where justice is administered.
    2. Asession of a judicialassembly.
    3. (rare) A legalaction.

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Middle French

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchcort,curt, etc.

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court f (pluralcours)

  1. court (of law)
  2. court (of a palace, etc.)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré,Lancelot du Lac:
      quant il les eut faictes si les scella & les bailla a la damoiselle pour porter l'andemain acourt
      when he had written them [the letters] he then sealed them and entrusted them to the lady to take them tomorrow to the court

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIXe auXVe siècle (1881) (court, supplement)

Norman

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchcurt, fromLatincurtus(“shortened, short”).

Adjective

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court m

  1. (Jersey)short

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Walloon

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchcurt, fromLatincurtus.

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courtm (feminine singularcourte,masculine pluralcourts,feminine pluralcourtes,feminine plural (before noun)courtès)

  1. short
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