Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

coleiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular colëice)

  1. sliding, fluid

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • French: coulis

References edit

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