"couler" meaning in French

See couler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ku.le/ Audio: Fr-couler.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, from Latin cōlāre (“filter, strain, purify”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{inh|fr|la|cōlō|cōlāre|t=filter, strain, purify}} Latin cōlāre (“filter, strain, purify”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} couler Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], couler [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], coulant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], coulé [participle, past], coule [first-person, indicative, present, singular], coules [indicative, present, second-person, singular], coule [indicative, present, singular, third-person], coulons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], coulez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], coulent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], coulais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], coulais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], coulait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], coulions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], couliez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], coulaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], coulai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], coulas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], coula [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], coulâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], coulâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], coulèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], coulerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], couleras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], coulera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], coulerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], coulerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], couleront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], coulerais [conditional, first-person, singular], coulerais [conditional, second-person, singular], coulerait [conditional, singular, third-person], coulerions [conditional, first-person, plural], couleriez [conditional, plural, second-person], couleraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], coule [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], coules [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], coule [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], coulions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], couliez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], coulent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], coulasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], coulasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], coulât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], coulassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], coulassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], coulassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], coule [imperative, second-person, singular], coulons [first-person, imperative, plural], coulez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to sink Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-5e9onepY Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14
  2. (transitive) to cast (metal); to pour (liquid) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-HjDoJuBI Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14
  3. (intransitive) to sink Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-5e9onepY1 Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14
  4. (intransitive) to flow, to run; to slip, to skid Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-ftkjMF7S Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14
  5. (intransitive) to shed (i.e. shed blood) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-rvRWtzRA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 3 15 48 20 6 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 8 6 10 47 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 5 7 61 10 6
  6. (intransitive) to go bankrupt Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-1-sqaT8o Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14
  7. (transitive, Quebec) to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.) Tags: Quebec, transitive
    Sense id: en-couler-fr-verb-FC6k0W2O Categories (other): Quebec French, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 12 16 12 19 12 15 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coulant, coulée, couler à flots, couler de source, couler un bronze, couloir, écouler, nœud coulant, se la couler douce Related terms: écouler

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coulant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coulée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couler à flots"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couler de source"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couler un bronze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couloir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "écouler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nœud coulant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se la couler douce"
    }
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      "form": "couliez",
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      "form": "coulas",
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      "form": "coulâmes",
      "ipa": "/ku.lam/",
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      "form": "coulèrent",
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      "form": "coulerai",
      "ipa": "/kul.ʁe/",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "couleras",
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      "form": "coulerons",
      "ipa": "/kul.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "coulerez",
      "ipa": "/kul.ʁe/",
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "couleront",
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      "form": "coulerait",
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    },
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      "form": "coulerions",
      "ipa": "/ku.lə.ʁjɔ̃/",
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      "form": "couleriez",
      "ipa": "/ku.lə.ʁje/",
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      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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        "pluperfect"
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      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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    {
      "form": "coulions",
      "ipa": "/ku.ljɔ̃/",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "couliez",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "coulent",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "coulasse",
      "ipa": "/ku.las/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coulasses",
      "ipa": "/ku.las/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coulât",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coulassions",
      "ipa": "/ku.la.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coulassiez",
      "ipa": "/ku.la.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "coulons",
      "ipa": "/ku.lɔ̃/",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coulez",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "second-person",
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "écouler"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "12 16 12 19 12 15 14",
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sink"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cast (metal); to pour (liquid)"
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        "(transitive) to cast (metal); to pour (liquid)"
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        "French intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go bankrupt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bankrupt",
          "bankrupt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to go bankrupt"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French transitive verbs",
        "Quebec French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "flunk",
          "flunk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Quebec) to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Quebec",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.le/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-couler.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Fr-couler.ogg/Fr-couler.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Fr-couler.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "couler"
}

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