culot
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
culot m (plural culots)
- augmentative of cul
Etymology 2
Noun
culot m (plural culots)
- ember, half-burned coal
- shell casing
- (of a bulb) cap
- Synonyms: virolla, guaspa
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
- culotar
- culoti
Further reading
- “culot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “culot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky.lo/
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Noun
culot m (plural culots)
- base, bottom (of an object)
- (metallurgy) residue, slag
- (colloquial) cheek, nerve (effrontery)
- Tu ne manques pas de culot ! ― You've got some nerve!
- architectural ornament, e.g. starting point of volutes
- residue on the bottom of a smoker's pipe; its darkening by use is called culotter
- (metonymic) the last-come person, e.g. youngest child, worst loser in a competition
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- culotte f
Descendants
- → Catalan: culot m
Further reading
- “culot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.