concours

  

con·cours

[French kawn-koor; English kong-koor]
noun, plural con·cours [French -koor; English -koorz] .
1.
a public contest or competition.
2.
concours d'élégance.
Origin:
1935–40; < French, Old French; see concourse

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concours
from Fr., "assemblage of things brounght together," also "contest" (see concourse). Usually in Eng. in concours d'elegance.
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