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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescourse effrénée
Pronunciation / Transliteration: koors eh-freh-nay
"Il a traversé la rue au pas de course effrénée."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A continuous, unhindered dash or run at full speed.
"The fleeing suspect was caught after a dead-run through the alleyways." - 2
An uninterrupted or direct course, sequence, or operating period.
"The factory maintained a dead-run production cycle to meet the holiday demand."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'dead', used adverbially to mean absolute, direct, or exact (dating to Old English 'dēad' meaning lifeless or absolute), and 'run' (from Old English 'rinnan'). The compound emerged in American English during the 19th century to describe a continuous, unstopped movement or a direct, full-speed dash.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dead-run" is said worldwide
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course effrénée
Transliteration: koors eh-freh-nay
"Il a traversé la rue au pas de course effrénée."
Vollspurt
Transliteration: foll-spoort
"Sie lieferten sich einen Vollspurt zum Ziel."
corsa sfrenata
Transliteration: kor-sa sfre-na-ta
"Arrivò in fondo alla strada con una corsa sfrenata."
carrera a la carrera
Transliteration: ka-rre-ra a la ka-rre-ra
"Hizo una carrera a la carrera para alcanzar el tren."
corrida desenfreada
Transliteration: ko-rree-da de-zen-free-a-da
"O ladrão fugiu em uma corrida desenfreada."
तेज़ दौड़
Transliteration: tez daur
"उसने एक तेज़ दौड़ लगाकर बस पकड़ी।"
全速奔跑
Transliteration: quán sù bēn pǎo
"他全速奔跑以赶上末班车。"
전력 질주
Transliteration: jeon-ryeok jil-ju
"그는 버스를 타기 위해 전력 질주를 했다."
全速力
Transliteration: zensokuryoku
"彼は全速力で駅に向かって走った。"
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