culasse
French, noun/ky.las/
culasse is spelled C-U-L-A-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culasse is a French feminine noun meaning “breech, breechblock (of rifle, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of culer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie de derrière d’une arme à feu, canon, fusil, revolver, etc”.
What does culasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreech, breechblock (of rifle, etc.)
- 2
femininecylinder head (of engine)
joint de culasse
verb
- 1
first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of culer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie de derrière d’une arme à feu, canon, fusil, revolver, etc. 2. Partie arrière d’une pièce de métal. 3. Partie de la racine d’un arbre qui vient après le collet. 4. Dessous d’un brillant.
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 culasse
- culasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culasse?
- /ky.las/
- \ky.las\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culasse in French?
culasse appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).