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Meaning of "hors concours" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HORS CONCOURS

Literally: out of the competition.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HORS CONCOURS

hors concours  [ɔr kɔ̃kur] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORS CONCOURS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hors concours can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HORS CONCOURS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hors concours in the English dictionary

The definition of hors concours in the dictionary is excluded from competing. Other definition of hors concours is without equal; unrivalled.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORS CONCOURS

horrors
hors d´oeuvre
hors de combat
hors doeuvres
Horsa
horse
horse around
horse artillery
horse bean
horse brass
horse breeder
horse chestnut
horse gentian
Horse Guards
horse latitudes
horse laugh
horse mackerel
horse manure
horse marine
horse mushroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORS CONCOURS

after-hours
business hours
colours
concours
contours
favours
honours
hours
of ours
of yours
office hours
opening hours
ours
Respectfully yours
scours
the small hours
Tours
twenty-four hours
velours
yours

Synonyms and antonyms of hors concours in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hors concours» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORS CONCOURS

Find out the translation of hors concours to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hors concours from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hors concours» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开胃竞赛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuera de concurso
570 millions of speakers

English

hors concours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हॉर्स Concours
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عجز عن حالة الوكالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вне конкурса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hors concours
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হর্স concours
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hors concours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesungguhan kuda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hors concours
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オードブルコンクール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전채 요리 콩쿨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horses concours
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

hors concours
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குதிரை ஒற்றுமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घोड्यांची चौकट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Atlar concours
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hors concours
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hors Concours
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поза конкурсом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hors concours
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hors concours
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hors Concours
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hors concours
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hors concours
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hors concours

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORS CONCOURS»

The term «hors concours» is regularly used and occupies the 97.928 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORS CONCOURS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hors concours» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hors concours» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hors concours

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORS CONCOURS»

Discover the use of hors concours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hors concours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing: 6th ...
Because a bug was found in marchxq, we report here the fixed version, named marchxq-fixed, as a hors-concours solver; oepir (0.2) from J. Alfredsson; oksolver from O. Kullmann [9] as an invited hors-concours solver (oksolver was awarded ...
Enrico Giunchiglia, Armando Tacchella, 2004
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Henry Blake Fuller
The most delightful of them is perhaps Hors-Concours, who lives in the Alps of Savoy as the present owner of "the few literal acres of cloud-draped rocks and chestnut-trees" (12) to which the Seigneurs of Hors- Concours, at the end of seven ...
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Farnese: objetos
1962 Certified as hors-concours at the xi National Salon of Modern Art at the Ministry of Education and Culture in Rio de Janeiro. Wins the "acquisition" prize in the engravings category at the xvn Municipal Salon of Fine Arts in Belo Horizonte.
Farnese de Andrade, Charles Cosac, 2005
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The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani
THE CHEVALIER OF PENSIERI-VANI. 177 assing with every one of their sudden and unescap- able recurrences. He confessed to Hors-Concours a grave doubt of his own ability to take the European attitude; he believed himself unable to ...
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Ever heard this?: over three hundred good stories
... to an empty bottle. "Your Majesty!" exclaimed one of the officers, "do you compare an empty bottle to a member of our branch of the service?" "Yes," answered the king. "I mean to say that HORS CONCOURS THE MARINE AND THE BOTTLE.
F. W. Chambers, 1924
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The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
hors concours • hummus 121 hors concours (ohr konh-KOOR) [French: out of the competition] Indicating one who is not competing or is unqualified to compete for prizes in an exhibit or contest. Pertaining to a work submitted by such a person ...
Mary Varchaver, Frank Ledlie Moore, 2002
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France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a ...
... third-class medal at the 1907 French Salon and was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Museum. The second- class medal won by The Disciples at Em- maus (1906 Salon, o.c., Musée d'Orsay, Paris) gave Tanner the hors concours ...
Bill Marshall, 2005
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Courbet's Realism
... made a strong impression and helped win the young artist a second-class gold medal. (The award placed him hors concours in subsequent Salons and so spared him otherwise sure rejection by conservative juries in the years that followed.) ...
Michael Fried, 1992
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary: In 6 Volumes
Outside ; as, liors concours ; llftd I Hors concours — (Of an exhibit) Not competing fora prixe; fflfft'S BC1IS Hors de combat— Out of fight ; disabled ; d'oeuvre— air— itsl horse (hors\ n. 1. A well-known quadruped with flowing mane and tail ; a ...
Charuchandra Guha, 2007
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Congressional Serial Set
Department of Agriculture, Washington, P. C. Hors concours in class 61. Dodge. Hors concours in class 41. Equitable Insurance Company of the United States, New York. Hore concours in class 109. General Electric Company, New York.
‎1901

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORS CONCOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hors concours is used in the context of the following news items.
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US takes individual dressage gold, silver at Pan Am Games …
It meant that Canada's Megan Lane could not compete in front of her home crowd, but the local rider gave a hors concours performance before ... «Horsetalk, Jul 15»
2
L'orchestre Bouali remporte le premier prix
... que plusieurs chanteurs professionnels parmi lesquels Abdelkader Chaou, Zakia Kara Terki et Omar Belkhodja ont pris part hors concours à ... «Liberté-Algérie, Jul 15»
3
The 9th edition of the Night of the Cultural Institutes starts today in …
... screening of the most recent Romanian short films included in the Short Film Corner hors concours section of the Cannes Festival (11pm). «ACTmedia, Jun 15»
4
Hyperloop : un concours pour imaginer le train supersonique
Space X va construire sa propre capsule, hors concours. Deux start-ups indépendantes devraient également participer au concours. Hyperloop ... «01net, Jun 15»
5
Cannes Film Festival — first report
Happily, Standing Tall was shown hors concours. The real reckoning began with the competition's starting pistol. It might be a vintage festival if ... «Financial Times, May 15»
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Success 'Echoes' for Alex as eventers visit Maddybenny
Tegan White who was competing Hors Concours with Texan Style was the only combination to finish on their dressage score. Meantime, the EI ... «Farming Life, May 15»
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Simon Grieve's eventing blog: another clear round at Burghley
The two BE90 horses went well, but had to compete Hors Concours as I've ridden at advanced level. Lulu (Louella Z), who is a super mare ... «Horse & Hound, Apr 15»
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Messi, la (très) bonne paie
... il brasse des sommes pas très éloignées de celles de Léo Messi. Sauf que Beckham est désormais « hors concours » puisqu'il ne joue plus. «France Football, Mar 15»
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Baseball au Stade olympique: près de 70 000 billets vendus
Une porte-parole du promoteur evenko a indiqué hier à La Presse que près de 70 000 billets pour ces deux rencontres hors concours avaient ... «LaPresse.ca, Feb 15»
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Girard-Perregaux's 150-Year-Old Tourbillon With Three Bridges Icon …
... gold case, before taking home the highest distinction in 1901 when it was declared “hors concours”, its quality deemed beyond compare. «Forbes, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hors concours [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hors-concours>. May 2024 ».
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