How to pronounce couloir
American English pronunciation
kool-WAHR
- IPA
- /kulˈwɑɹ/
- Syllables
- kool · WAHR (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What couloir means
A steep, narrow gully on a mountainside
In a sentence: The skiers zipped one by one down the snowy couloir between two rock walls.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, where it can mean a passage or corridor.
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