English Explanatory Dictionary

concourse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
  2. An airport terminal.
  3. A large group of people; a crowd.
  4. The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
  5. An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
  6. Concurrence; cooperation.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒŋkɔː(ɹ)s/ En-us-concourse.ogg

Word forms

concourse concourses

Etymology

From Middle English concours, from Middle French concours and its etymon Latin concursus, concursum, from concurrere (“to run together”). See concur. Doublet of concours.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 大廳 /大厅 Dutch: wachtzaal Dutch: ruimte Esperanto: halo Finnish: halli Finnish: odotussali French: hall German: Wartehalle German: Querbahnsteig Greek: αίθουσα αναμονής Hungarian: csarnok Hungarian: előcsarnok Italian: spianata Italian: salone Italian: sala Italian: atrio Italian: androne Japanese: コンコース Korean: 콩코스 Malay: dataran Persian: هال Persian: راهرو Polish: hala Portuguese: átrio Russian: конко́рс Russian: гла́вный вестибю́ль вокза́ла Russian: гла́вный зал вокза́ла Spanish: explanada
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