couler
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to sink
- (transitive) to cast (metal); to pour (liquid)
- (intransitive) to sink
- (intransitive) to flow, to run; to slip, to skid
- (intransitive) to shed (i.e. shed blood)
- (intransitive) to go bankrupt
- (transitive) to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cōlāre.
Origin
Latin
cōlāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- couloir English
- couvert English
- culvert English
- *excolāre Latin
- cōlāre Latin
- Kuvert German
- colare Italian
- Hemelvaartsdag Dutch, Flemish
- achteruitvaart Dutch, Flemish
- afvaart Dutch, Flemish
- bedevaart Dutch, Flemish
- binnenvaart Dutch, Flemish
- couvert Dutch, Flemish
- dagvaart Dutch, Flemish
- handelsvaart Dutch, Flemish
- hemelvaart Dutch, Flemish
- kaapvaart Dutch, Flemish
- kruisvaart Dutch, Flemish
- luchtvaart Dutch, Flemish
- pleziervaart Dutch, Flemish
- rechtvaardig Dutch, Flemish
- rondvaart Dutch, Flemish
- rotvaart Dutch, Flemish
- ruimtevaart Dutch, Flemish
- scheepvaart Dutch, Flemish
- snuivervaart Dutch, Flemish
- strijdvaardig Dutch, Flemish
- trekvaart Dutch, Flemish
- vaardig Dutch, Flemish
- vaart Dutch, Flemish
- walvisvaart Dutch, Flemish
- welvaart Dutch, Flemish
- zeevaart Dutch, Flemish
- coulage French
- coulement French
- couloir French
- couvert French
- découler French
- monocouloir French
- écoulage French
- écoulement French
- écouler French
- colar Spanish, Castilian
- escoar Portuguese
- kuloar Swedish
- covert Old French
- kuloar Serbo-Croatian
- colar Catalan, Valencian
- coar Galician
- escoar Galician
- vāert Middle Dutch
- coar Old Portuguese
- colar Asturian
- kouver Mauritian Creole