# couler
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin cōlāre (“filter, strain, purify”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku.le/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

couler
* (transitive) to sink
* (transitive) to cast (metal); to pour (liquid)
* (intransitive) to sink
    Le bateau de croisière MV Explorer a commencé à couler après avoir heurté un iceberg.The cruise ship MV Explorer started to sink after striking an iceberg.
* (intransitive) to flow, to run; to slip, to skid
* (intransitive) to shed (i.e. shed blood)
* (intransitive) to go bankrupt
* (transitive, Quebec) to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* coulant
* coulée
* couler à flots
* couler de source
* couler un bronze
* couloir
* écouler
* nœud coulant
* se la couler douce

#### Related terms

* écouler

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* clouer, croule, croulé

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cōlō, cōlare (“filter, strain, purify”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku.le/

### Verb

couler
* to flow

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | simple | couler |
| infinitive | compound | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle |
| gerund$^1$ | simple | coulant |
| gerund$^1$ | compound | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | coulé | coulé | coulêye | coulêye |
| past participle | past participle | plural | coulés | coulés | coulêyes | coulêyes |
| | singular | plural |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos$^2$ | vos | i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | coule | coules | coule | coulans | coulez | coulèt or coulnut$^3$ |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | couléve | couléves | couléve | couléns | coulîz | coulént |
| (simple tenses) | preterite | coula | coulas | coula | coulîs | coulîz | coulît |
| (simple tenses) | future | coulrè | coulrès | coulrè | coulrans | coulroz | coulront |
| (simple tenses) | conditional | coulreu | coulreus | coulreut | coulréns | coulrîz | coulrént |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | past anterior | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | future perfect | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | conditional perfect | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle |
| subjunctive | subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos$^2$ | ki vos | k' i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | coule | coules | coule | coulanxhe | couloxhe | coulèxhe or coulnuxhe$^3$ |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | coulaxhe | coulaxhes | coulaxhe | coulénxhe | coulîxhe | coulénxhe |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | – | ti | – | dji / nos | vos | – |
| simple | simple | — | coule! | — | coulans! | coulez! | — |
| compound | compound | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — |
| $^1$ The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western). |||
| $^2$ The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects |||
| $^3$ The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects. |||