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)
- 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.
- 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 156:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o ku.ʁɑ̃/
Adjective
- up to date, abreast
- La mère de Julie est décédée la semaine passée, tu étais au courant ?
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