coleiz

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *colātīcius, from Latin colāre. By surface analysis, coler +‎ -ëiz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

coleiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular colëice)

  1. sliding, fluid

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: coulis

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (couleis)
  • Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.