coulage, n.m., leakage, waste; melting, casting.
coulamment (koo-la-mān), adv., fluently, freely, readily. Il parle —; he talks fluently.
coulant, -e, adj., flowing; fluent; smooth; easy, accommodating; slip (of knots). Style —; easy, fluent style. Nœud —; noose.
coulant, n.m., slide, slider, runner; neck-jewel; slide (of an umbrella).
coulé, n.m., (mus.) slur; slide (dance); cast (founding); (paint.) first wash; (billiards) following stroke.
coulée, n.f., running, flowing, flow; (of writing) running-hand; tapping (metal); (hunt.) track path. Trou de —; (metal.) tap-hole.
coulement (kool-mān), n.m., running, flow (of liquids).
couler, v.n., to flow, to run; to glide, to glide along; to pour, to stream; to trickle, to drop; to leak, to run out; to ooze out; to glide away, to fly away, to slip; to slide away, to go down; (founding) to run through the mold; to gutter; to touch lightly upon; to be shed, to be split. Se laisser — jusqu’à terre; to slide down to the ground. Faire —; to shed. L’échelle va —; the ladder will slip. L’encre ne coule pas; the ink does not run freely. Le nez lui coule; his nose runs. La chandelle coule; the candle gutters. Les larmes lui coulent des yeux; tears are flowing from his eyes. — sur un fait; to glide or slur over a fact. — bas, à fond; to founder, to sink.
couler, v.a., to cast; to strain; to slip in; to pass (time); (mus.) to slur; to run down; to do for; to scald (linen); to fall off, to drop; to sink; to run smooth, to flow. — une statue; to cast a statue. — une glace; to cast a plate of glass. — un vaisseau à fond; to sink a ship. — un pas; to pass smoothly over a step (in dancing).
se couler, v.r., to slip, to creep, to steal, to slide; (of metals) to be cast.