coulisse

Borrowed from French coulisse.

• IPA^(key): /kuːˈliːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs

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.

• coulises, leucosis

Borrowed from French coulisse.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkuˈli.zə/

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• Hyphenation: cou‧lis‧se

coulisse f (plural coulissen)

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

• coulissenlandschap

• IPA^(key): /ku.lis/

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From coulis.

coulisse f (plural coulisses)

1. coulisse (piece of timber)
2. side of a stage, dressing room
3. slide or rail on which a drawer or window slides

   Comme nous avons pu le voir précédemment, le tiroir se pose sur la coulisse et le stabilise à l’arrière. ― As we have seen earlier, the drawer is placed on the rail which stabilizes it in the back.

4. background

   Soudain, une voix s’éleva en coulisse. ― Suddenly a voice was heard in the background.

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

• coulisser
• en coulisse

coulisse

1. feminine singular of coulis

coulisse

1. inflection of coulisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “coulisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.