Polyglot Dictionary

coulisses

/ku.lis/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. backstage

    • Les techniciens s'affairent dans les coulisses.

      The technicians are busy backstage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

bastidor

bastidor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "backstage."

Portuguese

bastidores

bastidores is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "backstage."

Practice

1 What does coulisses mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les techniciens s'affairent dans les ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches coulisses?

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