culot
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [kuˈlo̞t]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [kuˈlɔt]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From cul m + -ot m.
==== Noun ====
culot m (plural culots)
augmentative of cul
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from French culot m.
==== Noun ====
culot m (plural culots)
ember, half-burned coal
shell casing
(of a bulb) cap
Synonyms: virolla, guaspa
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
=== Related terms ===
culotar
culoti
=== Further reading ===
“culot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “culot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From cul + -ot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ky.lo/
=== Noun ===
culot m (plural culots)
base, bottom (of an object)
(metallurgy) residue, slag
(colloquial) cheek, nerve (effrontery)
Tu ne manques pas de culot ! ― You've got some nerve!
architectural ornament, e.g. starting point of volutes
residue on the bottom of a smoker's pipe; its darkening by use is called culotter
(metonymic) the last-come person, e.g. youngest child, worst loser in a competition
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
==== Derived terms ====
culotte f
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: culot m
=== Further reading ===
“culot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012