konkurss

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Ultimately from Latin concursus (“convergence, assembly”), via French concours.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonkursː/, [ˈkoŋkursː]
• Rhymes: -ursː
• Hyphenation: kon‧kurss

konkurss (genitive konkursi, partitive konkurssi)

1. competition, contest

   Synonym: võistlus

   Korraldati konkurss uue teatrihoone projekti saamiseks.

   A competition was launched to design a new theatre building.

   Ülikooli arstiteaduskonda oli konkurss eriti suur: peaaegu viis üliõpilaskandidaati ühele kohale.

   The competition was particularly fierce in the faculty of medicine: almost five students applied for one place.

2. (finance, law) judicial proceedings for the distribution of the assets of a debtor who has been declared insolvent between creditors through a body set up by their general meeting (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

• konkurss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “konkurss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Ultimately from Latin concursus. Sense 1 derives from Russian ко́нкурс (kónkurs), while sense 2 most likely derives from German Konkurs, itself from Latin concursus creditorum (“assembly of creditors”). Compare Lithuanian konkursas (“competition”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔnkurs]

konkurss m (1st declension)

1. contest, competition
2. (finance, law) bankruptcy, insolvency

• konkurss at tezaurs.lv