au courant

Etymology

Borrowed from French au courant (literally “to the current”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊ kʊˈɹɒn(t)/

Adjective

au courant (comparative more au courant, superlative most au courant)

1. Up to date, informed on the latest developments, abreast, etc.
   • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 156:

     You talk as though I was perfectly au courant when I do not know the first thing about it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o ku.ʁɑ̃/

Adjective

au courant (invariable)

1. up to date, abreast
   • La mère de Julie est décédée la semaine passée, tu étais au courant ?

See also

• tenir au courant