coulée
French, noun/ku.le/
coulée is spelled C-O-U-L-É-E (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coulée is a French feminine noun meaning “flow, flowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of coulé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de s’écouler ; résultat de cette action”.
What does coulée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflow, flowing
coulée de lave
- 2
femininestream (flow)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of coulé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de s’écouler ; résultat de cette action. 2. Déversement du métal ou du verre liquide hors des fourneaux. 3. Sentier étroit par où le cerf gagne son réduit. 4. Vallon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coulée
- coulées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coulée?
- /ku.le/
- \ku.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coulée in French?
coulée appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).