coleiz

Old French

Alternative forms

• colediz (archaic)
• couleis (late)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *colātīcius, from Latin colāre. By surface analysis, coler +‎ -ëiz.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /kuləˈðits/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /kuləˈits/
• (late) IPA^(key): /kul(ə)ˈis/

Adjective

coleiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular colëice)

1. sliding, fluid

Derived terms

• porte colëice

Descendants

• French: coulis

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (couleis)
• Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.