au courant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French au courant (literally to the current).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʊ kʊˈɹɒn(t)/

Adjective

au courant (comparative more au courant, superlative most au courant)

  1. Up to date; informed about the latest developments; abreast.
    • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 156:
      You talk as though I was perfectly au courant when I do not know the first thing about it.

Synonyms


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o ku.ʁɑ̃/

Adjective

au courant (invariable)

  1. up to date, abreast
    • La mère de Julie est décédée la semaine passée, tu étais au courant ?

See also

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