culot

French

Etymology

cul +‎ -ot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.lo/

Noun

culot m (plural culots)

1. base, bottom (of an object)
2. (metallurgy) residue, slag
3. (colloquial) cheek, nerve (effrontery)
4. architectural ornament, e.g. starting point of volutes
5. residue on a smoking pipe's bottom; its darkening by use is called culotter
6. (metonymically) the last-come person, e.g. youngest child, worst loser in a competition

Further reading

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