different between coulisse vs coulises

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulisse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku??li?s/

Noun

coulisse (plural coulisses)

1. A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
2. A fluting in a sword blade.
3. A side scene of the stage in a theater or the space between the side scenes.

Translations

Anagrams

• coulises, leucosis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulisse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?li.z?/
• Hyphenation: cou?lis?se

Noun

coulisse f (plural coulissen)

1. side of a stage, dressing room beside a stage, side wing

Derived terms

• coulissenlandschap

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.lis/

Etymology 1

From coulis.

Noun

coulisse f (plural coulisses)

1. coulisse (piece of timber)
2. side of a stage, dressing room
3. background

4. (music, lutherie, bowmaking) underslide, underslide channel

Derived terms

• coulisser
• en coulisse

Descendants

• ? Catalan: colís
• ? Dutch: coulisse
• ? English: coulisse

Adjective

coulisse

1. feminine singular of coulis

Etymology 2

Verb

coulisse

1. first-person singular present indicative of coulisser
2. third-person singular present indicative of coulisser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coulisser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of coulisser
5. second-person singular imperative of coulisser

Further reading

• “coulisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

coulises

1. plural of coulis

Anagrams

• coulisse, leucosis