So is it "concourse" or "concours"?
>From the on-line Merriam-Webster's Collegiate=AE Dictionary
(http://www.eb.com:180/):=20
concours d'elegance n [F concours d'elegance, lit., competition of =
elegance]
(1950): a show or contest of vehicles and accessories in which the =
entries
are judged chiefly on excellence of appearance and turnout=20
concourse n [ME, fr. MF & L; MF concours, fr. L concursus, fr. =
concurrere to
run together] (14c) 1: an act or process of coming together and merging =
2: a
meeting produced by voluntary or spontaneous coming together 3 a: an =
open
space where roads or paths meet b: an open space or hall (as in a =
railroad
terminal) where crowds gather=20
And if you said "concours", then why can't I find that word alone, or =
in
several other dictionaries at all? (American Heritage, for one)
Jim Hill
Madison WI
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