couler

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō (“filter, strain, purify”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku.le/
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Verb

couler

  1. (transitive) to sink
  2. (transitive) to cast (metal); to pour (liquid)
  3. (intransitive) to sink
    Le bateau de croisière MV Explorer a commencé à couler après avoir heurté un iceberg.
  4. (intransitive) to flow, to run; to slip, to skid
  5. (intransitive) to shed (i.e. shed blood)
  6. (intransitive) to go bankrupt
  7. (transitive, Quebec) to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of couler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle coulant
/ku.lɑ̃/
past participle coulé
/ku.le/
infinitive
simple couler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple coulant
/ku.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present coule
/kul/		 coules
/kul/		 coule
/kul/		 coulons
/ku.lɔ̃/		 coulez
/ku.le/		 coulent
/kul/
imperfect coulais
/ku.lɛ/		 coulais
/ku.lɛ/		 coulait
/ku.lɛ/		 coulions
/ku.ljɔ̃/		 couliez
/ku.lje/		 coulaient
/ku.lɛ/
past historic2 coulai
/ku.le/		 coulas
/ku.la/		 coula
/ku.la/		 coulâmes
/ku.lam/		 coulâtes
/ku.lat/		 coulèrent
/ku.lɛʁ/
future coulerai
/kul.ʁe/		 couleras
/kul.ʁa/		 coulera
/kul.ʁa/		 coulerons
/kul.ʁɔ̃/		 coulerez
/kul.ʁe/		 couleront
/kul.ʁɔ̃/
conditional coulerais
/kul.ʁɛ/		 coulerais
/kul.ʁɛ/		 coulerait
/kul.ʁɛ/		 coulerions
/ku.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 couleriez
/ku.lə.ʁje/		 couleraient
/kul.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present coule
/kul/		 coules
/kul/		 coule
/kul/		 coulions
/ku.ljɔ̃/		 couliez
/ku.lje/		 coulent
/kul/
imperfect2 coulasse
/ku.las/		 coulasses
/ku.las/		 coulât
/ku.la/		 coulassions
/ku.la.sjɔ̃/		 coulassiez
/ku.la.sje/		 coulassent
/ku.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — coule
/kul/		 — coulons
/ku.lɔ̃/		 coulez
/ku.le/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cōlō, cōlare (“filter, strain, purify”).

Verb

couler

  1. to flow

Conjugation
   —         —   Conjugation of the verb couler in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe couler e walon
infinitive couler
gerund coulant
auxiliary aveur
past participle masculine feminine
singular coulé couleye
plural coulés couleyes
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative dji (dj') tu (t') i (il) / ele dji (dj') / nos vos i (il)
present coule coules coule coulans coulez coulnut or coulèt
imperfect couleve couleves couleve coulins coulîz coulint
preterit coula coulas coula coulîs coulîz coulît
future coulrè coulrès coulrè coulrans coulroz coulront
conditional coulreu coulreus coulreut coulrins coulrîz coulrint
subjunctive ki dj' ki t' k' i (il) / k' ele ki dj' / ki nos ki vos k' i (il)
present coule coules coule coulanxhe coulexhe coulnuxhe or coulèxhe
present coulaxhe coulaxhes coulaxhe coulinxhe coulîxhe coulinxhe
imperative — tu — dji / nos vos —
affirmative coule coulans coulez
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