culot
French
noun
Definitions
- base, bottom (of an object)
- (metallurgy) residue, slag
- (colloquial) cheek, nerve (effrontery)
- architectural ornament, e.g. starting point of volutes
- residue on a smoking pipe's bottom; its darkening by use is called culotter
- (metonymy) the last-come person, e.g. youngest child, worst loser in a competition
Etymology
Suffix from French cul (arse, hole, ass).
Origin
French
cul
Gloss
arse, hole, ass
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cūlus Latin
- acculer French
- basculer French
- cul French
- enculer French
- fouette-cul French
- lèche-cul French
- peigne-cul French
- pinocumettable French
- reculer French
- cul Middle French
- kül Volapük