au courant

adjective

au cou·​rant ˌō-ku̇-ˈräⁿ 

1

a

: fully informed : up-to-date

trying to stay au courant

b

: fashionable, stylish

au courant outfits

2

: fully familiar : conversant

Synonyms of au courant

• now
• downtown
• fashionable
• hip
• stylish

Examples of au courant in a Sentence

I try to stay au courant with the latest developments in the industry.

au courant filmgoers have dismissed Hollywood's latest effects-laden actioner as so last year

Recent Examples on the Web

Spanning from the late short story writer Eudora Welty to the more au courant Zendaya, the portraits were also snapshots of time. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025

Then there’s new Italian builder Nerea, which has given its NY series a more au courant presentation. —Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025

This au courant crowd-pleaser is also a multiple medal winner, striking silver at both the 2023 World Beer Cup and the 2022 Great American Beer Festival. —Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025

The result was a more subtle offering with plenty of au courant stylings that make for covetable merchandise. —Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, in the current

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1a