parkour
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parkour
- /pɑːˈkʊə/ UK
- /pɑːˈkɔː/ UK
- /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/ US
- /pɑɹˈkoɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).
noun
- 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. On Astypalea, the possibilities for parkour routines are endless, as illustrated by the variety of tricks each athlete unveiled at Art of Motion.
verb parkours · parkouring · parkoured
- To freerun; to use parkour (to move over). 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.
Translations
Talk about this word "parkour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/parkour. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. parkour. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/parkour "parkour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/parkour.Cite this
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title = {parkour},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
