coure
English
    
    Verb
    
coure (third-person singular simple present coures, present participle couring, simple past and past participle coured)
- Obsolete form of cower.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
- Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.
 
 
 
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Catalan
    
    Etymology 1
    
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Cu | |
| Previous: níquel (Ni) | |
| Next: zinc (Zn) | |
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cūbru(m), from Late Latin cūprum (compare Occitan coire, French cuivre, Spanish cobre), from Latin cȳprium (aes), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).
Pronunciation
    
Related terms
    
Verb
    
coure (first-person singular present coc, first-person singular preterite coguí, past participle cuit); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/ (in the meaning "to cook")
coure (first-person singular present coc, first-person singular preterite coguí, past participle cogut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/ (in the meaning "to sting")
Conjugation
    
- meaning "to cook"
 
| infinitive | coure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | coent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cuit | cuita | |||||
| plural | cuits | cuites | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè  | 
nosaltres nós  | 
vosaltres vós  | 
ells/elles vostès  | |
| present | coc | cous | cou | coem | coeu | couen | |
| imperfect | coïa | coïes | coïa | coíem | coíeu | coïen | |
| future | couré | couràs | courà | courem | coureu | couran | |
| preterite | coguí | cogueres | cogué | coguérem | coguéreu | cogueren | |
| conditional | couria | couries | couria | couríem | couríeu | courien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè  | 
nosaltres nós  | 
vosaltres vós  | 
ells/elles vostès  | |
| present | cogui | coguis | cogui | coguem | cogueu | coguin | |
| imperfect | cogués | coguessis | cogués | coguéssim | coguéssiu | coguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós  | 
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | cou | cogui | coguem | coeu | coguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no coguis | no cogui | no coguem | no cogueu | no coguin | |
- meaning "to sting"
 
| infinitive | coure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | coent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cogut | coguda | |||||
| plural | coguts | cogudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè  | 
nosaltres nós  | 
vosaltres vós  | 
ells/elles vostès  | |
| present | coc | cous | cou | coem | coeu | couen | |
| imperfect | coïa | coïes | coïa | coíem | coíeu | coïen | |
| future | couré | couràs | courà | courem | coureu | couran | |
| preterite | coguí | cogueres | cogué | coguérem | coguéreu | cogueren | |
| conditional | couria | couries | couria | couríem | couríeu | courien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè  | 
nosaltres nós  | 
vosaltres vós  | 
ells/elles vostès  | |
| present | cogui | coguis | cogui | coguem | cogueu | coguin | |
| imperfect | cogués | coguessis | cogués | coguéssim | coguéssiu | coguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós  | 
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | cou | cogui | coguem | coeu | coguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no coguis | no cogui | no coguem | no cogueu | no coguin | |
Derived terms
    
Further reading
    
- “coure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
 - “coure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
 - “coure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
 - “coure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
 
French
    
    Pronunciation
    
Old French
    
    
Conjugation
    
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | coure | avoir couru | |||||
| gerund | en courant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | courant | ||||||
| past participle | couru | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses  | 
present | cour | cours | court | courons | courez | courent | 
| imperfect | couroie, coureie | couroies, coureies | couroit, coureit | couriiens, couriens | couriiez, couriez | couroient, coureient | |
| preterite | courui | courus | couru | courumes | courustes | coururent | |
| future | courrai | courras | courra | courrons | courroiz, courreiz, courrez | courront | |
| conditional | courroie, courreie | courroies, courreies | courroit, courreit | courriiens, courriens | courriiez, courriez | courroient, courreient | |
| compound tenses  | 
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses  | 
present | coure | coures | coure | courons | courez | courent | 
| imperfect | courusse | courusses | courust | courussons, courussiens | courussoiz, courussez, courussiez | courussent | |
| compound tenses  | 
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cour | — | courons | courez | — | ||
Yao (South America)
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Cariban *kure (“good”). Compare Kari'na kure, Apalaí kure, Trió kure, Waiwai kirwan.
Further reading
    
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643