/gɔ̃ˈkur; for 2 also English gɒnˈkʊər/Show Spelled[gawn-koor; for 2 also English gon-koor]Show IPA
noun
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Ed·mond Louis An·toine Hu·ot de /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/Show Spelled[ed-mawn lwee ahn-twany-oh duh]Show IPA, 1822–96, and his brother Jules Al·fred Huot de /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/Show Spelled[zhyl al-fred]Show IPA 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
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Prix /pri; Englishpri/Show Spelled[pree; Englishpree]Show IPAan annual award of money made by a French literary society (Académie Goncourt) for the best prose work of the year.
Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de (ɛdmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃twan yo də), 1822--96, and his brother, Jules Alfred Huot de (ʒyl alfrɛd), 1830--70, French writers, noted for their collaboration, esp on their Journal, and for the Académie Goncourt founded by Edmond's will
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.