court Signification, définition

Signification de court en français

• 0 a place where legal trials are held -- cour [ feminine ]

  • courts overwhelmed with cases des tribunaux submergés de procès

  • He’s appearing in court today. Il comparaît devant le tribunal aujourd’hui.

  • a court case un procès

  • We took our landlord to court. Nous avons poursuivi notre propriétaire en justice.

• 1 [ singular ] the judge and jury in a court -- cour [ feminine ]

  • She told the court she was innocent. Elle a dit à la cour qu’elle était innocente.

• 2 a sports playing area -- court [ masculine ]

  • a tennis/basketball court un court de tennis / terrain de basket

• 3 a place where legal cases are heard -- tribunal

  • a magistrates’ court

  • the High Court.

• 4 the judges and officials of a legal court -- cour

  • The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.

• 5 a marked-out space for certain games -- court

  • a tennis court

  • a squash court.

• 6 the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen -- cour

  • the court of King James.

• 7 the palace of a king or queen -- cour

  • Hampton Court.

• 8 an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house. -- cour

• 9 to try to win the love of; to woo -- courtiser

  • He’s been courting her for over a year.

• 10 to try to gain (admiration etc) -- solliciter

  • He has been accused of using his charity work to court popularity.

• 11 to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc) -- aller au-devant de

  • The President may be courting disaster by offering budget cuts.