# parkour
## English
### Etymology

From French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɑːˈkʊə/, /pɑːˈkɔː/
* (General American) IPA: /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/, (pour–poor merger) /pɑɹˈkoɹ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)

### Noun

parkour (uncountable)
* (sports) 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.

#### Translations
### Verb

parkour (third-person singular simple present parkours, present participle parkouring, simple past and past participle parkoured)
* (sports, transitive, intransitive) To freerun; to use parkour (to move over).
** 2008 March 24, Tim Bennison, quotee, “Prototype [preview]”, in Xbox 360‎: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.
** 2009 October 19, Stephen Davies, Hacking Timbuktu, Andersen Press, →ISBN, →OL, ch. 24:They had parkoured seven roofs, clambered down a mango tree, and crossed over the bridge in the back of a donkey cart, unnoticed even by the driver.
** 2013 March 25, Aaron Lindberg, “Death Defying Photos Of Mustang Wanted”, in Fstoppers‎, archived from the original on 27 June 2014:The daring Ukrainian can be found on his website dangling off of tall buildings with one hand, scaling bridges and parkouring through urban landscapes in search of a personal thrill.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:parkour.

### See also

* free running
* traceur

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French parkour.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑrkour/, [ˈpɑ̝rko̞ur]
* Rhymes: -ɑrkour
* Hyphenation: par‧ko‧ur

### Noun

parkour
* parkour

#### Declension

Possessive forms of parkour (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
parkourini
parkourini
accusative
nom.
parkourini
parkourini
gen.
parkourini
genitive
parkourini
parkourieni
partitive
parkouriani
parkourejani
inessive
parkourissani
parkoureissani
elative
parkouristani
parkoureistani
illative
parkouriini
parkoureihini
adessive
parkourillani
parkoureillani
ablative
parkouriltani
parkoureiltani
allative
parkourilleni
parkoureilleni
essive
parkourinani
parkoureinani
translative
parkourikseni
parkoureikseni
abessive
parkourittani
parkoureittani
instructive
comitative
—parkoureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
parkourisi
parkourisi
accusative
nom.
parkourisi
parkourisi
gen.
parkourisi
genitive
parkourisi
parkouriesi
partitive
parkouriasi
parkourejasi
inessive
parkourissasi
parkoureissasi
elative
parkouristasi
parkoureistasi
illative
parkouriisi
parkoureihisi
adessive
parkourillasi
parkoureillasi
ablative
parkouriltasi
parkoureiltasi
allative
parkourillesi
parkoureillesi
essive
parkourinasi
parkoureinasi
translative
parkouriksesi
parkoureiksesi
abessive
parkourittasi
parkoureittasi
instructive
comitative
—parkoureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
parkourimme
parkourimme
accusative
nom.
parkourimme
parkourimme
gen.
parkourimme
genitive
parkourimme
parkouriemme
partitive
parkouriamme
parkourejamme
inessive
parkourissamme
parkoureissamme
elative
parkouristamme
parkoureistamme
illative
parkouriimme
parkoureihimme
adessive
parkourillamme
parkoureillamme
ablative
parkouriltamme
parkoureiltamme
allative
parkourillemme
parkoureillemme
essive
parkourinamme
parkoureinamme
translative
parkouriksemme
parkoureiksemme
abessive
parkourittamme
parkoureittamme
instructive
comitative
—parkoureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
parkourinne
parkourinne
accusative
nom.
parkourinne
parkourinne
gen.
parkourinne
genitive
parkourinne
parkourienne
partitive
parkourianne
parkourejanne
inessive
parkourissanne
parkoureissanne
elative
parkouristanne
parkoureistanne
illative
parkouriinne
parkoureihinne
adessive
parkourillanne
parkoureillanne
ablative
parkouriltanne
parkoureiltanne
allative
parkourillenne
parkoureillenne
essive
parkourinanne
parkoureinanne
translative
parkouriksenne
parkoureiksenne
abessive
parkourittanne
parkoureittanne
instructive
comitative
—parkoureinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
parkourinsa
parkourinsa
accusative
nom.
parkourinsa
parkourinsa
gen.
parkourinsa
genitive
parkourinsa
parkouriensa
partitive
parkouriaan parkouriansa
parkourejaan parkourejansa
inessive
parkourissaan parkourissansa
parkoureissaan parkoureissansa
elative
parkouristaan parkouristansa
parkoureistaan parkoureistansa
illative
parkouriinsa
parkoureihinsa
adessive
parkourillaan parkourillansa
parkoureillaan parkoureillansa
ablative
parkouriltaan parkouriltansa
parkoureiltaan parkoureiltansa
allative
parkourilleen parkourillensa
parkoureilleen parkoureillensa
essive
parkourinaan parkourinansa
parkoureinaan parkoureinansa
translative
parkourikseen parkouriksensa
parkoureikseen parkoureiksensa
abessive
parkourittaan parkourittansa
parkoureittaan parkoureittansa
instructive
comitative
—parkoureineen parkoureinensa :

### Further reading

* “parkour”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Respelling of parcours (“route, course”), ultimately from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paʁ.kuʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

parkour m (uncountable)
* parkour, free running

#### Descendants

* → English: parkour
* → German: Parkour
* → Portuguese: parkour

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French parkour, a respelling of parcours (“course, route”), from Latin percursus. Doublet of percurso.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paʁˈkuʁ/ [pahˈkuh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paʁˈkuʁ/ [pahˈkuh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paɾˈkuɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paʁˈkuʁ/ [paχˈkuχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paɻˈkuɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /paɾˈkuɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /paɾˈkuɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /paɾˈku.ɾi/

### Noun

parkour m (uncountable)
* parkour (athletic discipline)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French parkour.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾˈkuɾ/ [paɾˈkuɾ]
* Rhymes: -uɾ
* Syllabification: par‧kour

### Noun

parkour m (uncountable)
* parkour

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “parkour”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

parkour c
* parkour

#### Declension
### References

* parkour in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* parkour in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)