GONCOURT


Meaning of GONCOURT in English

/gawonn koohrdd"/ ; for 2 also Eng. /gon koor"/ , n.

1. Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de /ed mawonn" lwee ahonn twannn" yuu oh" deuh/ , 1822-96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de /zhyl annl frdded"/ , 1830-70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.

2. Prix /prddee/ ; Eng. /pree/ , an annual award of money made by a French literary society (Académie Goncourt) for the best prose work of the year.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .