coulis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːli/, /kuːˈliː/

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• (plural "coulis") IPA^(key): /ˈkuːliz/, /kuːˈliːz/

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• Homophones: coolie, coolly, coulee

Noun

coulis (usually uncountable, plural coulis or coulises)

1. A thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 378:

     Just then the desserts, mere bonnes bouches in foot-wide puddles of pink coulis, were set in front of them.

Related terms

• coulee

Anagrams

• Siculo-

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French colëiz, colediz, from Vulgar Latin *colātīcius, from Latin colāre. By surface analysis, couler +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.li/

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Adjective

coulis (feminine coulisse, masculine plural coulis, feminine plural coulisses)

1. flowing; running

Derived terms

• coulisse

Noun

coulis m (plural coulis)

1. coulis (sauce)
2. melted metal used to fix a joint

Further reading

• “coulis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.