parkour

English
WOTD – 3 December 2008
Animation of a monkey vault, a basic parkour technique.

Etymology

From French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɑːˈkʊə/, /pɑːˈkɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

parkour (uncountable)

  1. (sports) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.

Translations

Verb

parkour (third-person singular simple present parkours, present participle parkouring, simple past and past participle parkoured)

  1. (sports, transitive, intransitive) To freerun; to use parkour (to move over).
    • 2008 March 24, Tim Bennison, quotee, “Prototype [preview]”, in Xbox 360‎:
      It's about running at 100mph through the world, then parkouring up an exploding cube van that's 100ft in the air, bouncing off it and hitting the wall and keeping on going.
    • 2009 October 19, Stephen Davies, Hacking Timbuktu, Andersen Press, →ISBN, →OL, ch. 24:
      They had parkoured seven roofs, clambered down a mango tree, and crossed over the bridge in the back of a donkey cart, unnoticed even by the driver.
    • 2013 March 25, Aaron Lindberg, “Death Defying Photos Of Mustang Wanted”, in Fstoppers‎, archived from the original on 27 June 2014:
      The daring Ukrainian can be found on his website dangling off of tall buildings with one hand, scaling bridges and parkouring through urban landscapes in search of a personal thrill.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:parkour.

See also

Finnish

Etymology

From French parkour.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑrkour/, [ˈpɑ̝rko̞ur]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrkour
  • Syllabification(key): par‧ko‧ur

Noun

parkour

  1. parkour

Declension
Inflection of parkour (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative parkour parkourit
genitive parkourin parkourien
partitive parkouria parkoureja
illative parkouriin parkoureihin
singular plural
nominative parkour parkourit
accusative nom. parkour parkourit
gen. parkourin
genitive parkourin parkourien
partitive parkouria parkoureja
inessive parkourissa parkoureissa
elative parkourista parkoureista
illative parkouriin parkoureihin
adessive parkourilla parkoureilla
ablative parkourilta parkoureilta
allative parkourille parkoureille
essive parkourina parkoureina
translative parkouriksi parkoureiksi
abessive parkouritta parkoureitta
instructive — parkourein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of parkour (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative parkourini parkourini
accusative nom. parkourini parkourini
gen. parkourini
genitive parkourini parkourieni
partitive parkouriani parkourejani
inessive parkourissani parkoureissani
elative parkouristani parkoureistani
illative parkouriini parkoureihini
adessive parkourillani parkoureillani
ablative parkouriltani parkoureiltani
allative parkourilleni parkoureilleni
essive parkourinani parkoureinani
translative parkourikseni parkoureikseni
abessive parkourittani parkoureittani
instructive — —
comitative — parkoureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative parkourisi parkourisi
accusative nom. parkourisi parkourisi
gen. parkourisi
genitive parkourisi parkouriesi
partitive parkouriasi parkourejasi
inessive parkourissasi parkoureissasi
elative parkouristasi parkoureistasi
illative parkouriisi parkoureihisi
adessive parkourillasi parkoureillasi
ablative parkouriltasi parkoureiltasi
allative parkourillesi parkoureillesi
essive parkourinasi parkoureinasi
translative parkouriksesi parkoureiksesi
abessive parkourittasi parkoureittasi
instructive — —
comitative — parkoureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative parkourimme parkourimme
accusative nom. parkourimme parkourimme
gen. parkourimme
genitive parkourimme parkouriemme
partitive parkouriamme parkourejamme
inessive parkourissamme parkoureissamme
elative parkouristamme parkoureistamme
illative parkouriimme parkoureihimme
adessive parkourillamme parkoureillamme
ablative parkouriltamme parkoureiltamme
allative parkourillemme parkoureillemme
essive parkourinamme parkoureinamme
translative parkouriksemme parkoureiksemme
abessive parkourittamme parkoureittamme
instructive — —
comitative — parkoureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative parkourinne parkourinne
accusative nom. parkourinne parkourinne
gen. parkourinne
genitive parkourinne parkourienne
partitive parkourianne parkourejanne
inessive parkourissanne parkoureissanne
elative parkouristanne parkoureistanne
illative parkouriinne parkoureihinne
adessive parkourillanne parkoureillanne
ablative parkouriltanne parkoureiltanne
allative parkourillenne parkoureillenne
essive parkourinanne parkoureinanne
translative parkouriksenne parkoureiksenne
abessive parkourittanne parkoureittanne
instructive — —
comitative — parkoureinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative parkourinsa parkourinsa
accusative nom. parkourinsa parkourinsa
gen. parkourinsa
genitive parkourinsa parkouriensa
partitive parkouriaan
parkouriansa		 parkourejaan
parkourejansa
inessive parkourissaan
parkourissansa		 parkoureissaan
parkoureissansa
elative parkouristaan
parkouristansa		 parkoureistaan
parkoureistansa
illative parkouriinsa parkoureihinsa
adessive parkourillaan
parkourillansa		 parkoureillaan
parkoureillansa
ablative parkouriltaan
parkouriltansa		 parkoureiltaan
parkoureiltansa
allative parkourilleen
parkourillensa		 parkoureilleen
parkoureillensa
essive parkourinaan
parkourinansa		 parkoureinaan
parkoureinansa
translative parkourikseen
parkouriksensa		 parkoureikseen
parkoureiksensa
abessive parkourittaan
parkourittansa		 parkoureittaan
parkoureittansa
instructive — —
comitative — parkoureineen
parkoureinensa

Further reading

French

Etymology

Respelling of parcours (“route, course”), ultimately from Latin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paʁ.kuʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

parkour m (uncountable)

  1. parkour, free running

Descendants
  • → English: parkour
  • → German: Parkour
  • → Portuguese: parkour

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French parkour.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paʁˈkuʁ/ [pahˈkuh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /paɾˈkuɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /paʁˈkuʁ/ [paχˈkuχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paɻˈkuɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /paɾˈkuɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /paɾˈku.ɾi/

Noun

parkour m (uncountable)

  1. parkour (athletic discipline)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French parkour.

Noun

parkour m (uncountable)

  1. parkour

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Noun

parkour c

  1. parkour

Declension
Declension of parkour 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative parkour parkouren — —
Genitive parkours parkourens — —

References
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