couloir
/kulˈwɑɹ/noun
couloir is spelled C-O-U-L-O-I-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, couloir means “A steep gorge along a mountainside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of couloir is couloirs.
How many letters and syllables are in couloir?
| Letters | 7: C-O-U-L-O-I-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is couloir?
Couloir appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce couloir?
- /kulˈwɑɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-couloir.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of couloir
- couloirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does couloir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A steep gorge along a mountainside.
- 2
rareA corridor or passage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Couloir in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense steep gorge along a mountainside:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does couloir come from?
Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).