Akwai ma'anoni biyu masu yuwuwa ga kalmar "Goncourt," dangane da mahallin: ,” wanda yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun kyaututtukan adabi a duniyar masu magana da harshen Faransanci. Ana ba da ita kowace shekara ga marubucin "mafi kyawun aikin bincike na shekara." Goncourt (sunan da ya dace): Wannan yana nufin sunan Faransanci biyu. ’yan’uwa waɗanda suka kasance fitattun marubuta da masu sukar adabi a ƙarni na 19. Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) da Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870) sun rubuta litattafai da yawa da wasa tare, kuma sun kasance masu tasiri a fagen adabin Faransanci na zamaninsu. An kafa Prix Goncourt don girmama su a cikin 1903, bayan wasiyya daga wasiyyar Edmond de Goncourt.