courrier

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

courrier

attested in the form corier in Middle French, from Italian corriere ("messenger"), attested since the 13th century, derived from Medieval Latin currerius ("messenger"), attested from 1162 in Genoa. In Italian, corriere designated, in the 13th century, the couriers carrying messages between Italy and the Champagne fairs, derived from correre ("to run") with the suffix -iere.

Definitions

histoire
histoire

Synonyms

lettremalle

Feminine

courrière

Plural

courriers

Anagram

recourir

Translations

  • germangerman:Korrespondenz
  • englishenglish:piece of mail
  • danishdanish:postvæsen
  • spanishspanish:correo
  • finnishfinnish:posti
  • italianitalian:posta
  • dutchdutch:poststuk
  • polishpolish:poczta
  • portugueseportuguese:correspondência
  • swedishswedish:post

See also

couru (adj.) courtisanier (adj.) coureur (cn.) courtiser (v.) courir (v.) courage (cn.) coureuse (cn.) court (adj.) cours (cn.) courtisan (cn.) courtisan (cn.) courtisanisme (cn.) course (cn.) courageux (adj.) corsaire (cn.) corsaire (adj.) cour (cn.) courriériste (cn.) coursier (cn.) coursier (cn.)