culot

French

Etymology

cul +‎ -ot

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ky.lo/

Noun

culot m (plural culots)

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
(metonymically) the last-come person, e.g. youngest child, worst loser in a competition

Further reading

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

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