coulisse

Meanings

nouncoulisse (plural coulisses)

plural coulisses

A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
A fluting in a sword blade.
A side scene of the stage in a theater or the space between the side scenes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna flat situated in the wings

Similar

wing flat

Broader

flat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Frenchcoulisse
Frenchcoulisse
Englishcoulisse

Borrowed from French coulisse.

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Translations

Bulgarian паз, кулиси

паз (paz)piece of timber
кулиси (kulisi)side scene

Catalan colissa, colís

colissaside scene
colísside scene

Czech boční kulisa

boční kulisaside scene

Finnish veriura, lavaste

veriurafluting in sword blade
lavasteside scene
kulissiside scene

Greek κουίντα

κουίντα (kouínta)side scene

Italian scanalatura, incavo

scanalaturapiece of timber
incavopiece of timber
quintaside scene

Polish prowadnica, rowek

prowadnicapiece of timber
rowekpiece of timber
żłobkowaniefluting in sword blade
kulisaside scene

Romanian culisă

culisăside scene

Russian кули́сы

кули́сы (kulísy)side scene

Ukrainian кулі́са

кулі́са (kulísa)side scene

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with coulisse

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Anagrams

leucosis

Cite this entry

APA

coulisse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coulisse

MLA

“coulisse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coulisse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coulisse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coulisse.

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