How to pronounce parkour
American English pronunciation
par-KOOR
- IPA
- /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/
- Syllables
- par · KOOR (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What parkour means
The sport of running, jumping and climbing around a city
In a sentence: In the parkour class, the kids learned to leap safely over low walls.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French word parcours, meaning a course or route, spelled a new way.
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