culot

Meaning

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

Concepts

cheek

brashness

nerve

impudence

audacity

chutzpah

brazenness

chutzpa

face

flashiness

gall

garishness

gaudiness

glitz

grit

gumption

guts

loudness

meretriciousness

moxie

neck

sand

sauce

seasoning

tawdriness

hutzpah

assurance

spizzerinctum

backbone

balls

boldness

bottle

brass

Synonyms

toupet

effronterie

audace

nerf

cran

épine dorsale

estomac

fond

🔙

hardiesse

impertinence

joue

sable

tripes

aplomb

tchulot

base

cul

derrière

entrailles

Translations

sfacciataggine

faccia tosta

Frechheit

Unverfrorenheit

Chuzpe

alt taban

descaro

yüzsüzlük

audácia

audacia

frescura

sfrontatezza

grinta

coraggio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ky.lo/

Etymology

Etymology tree
French cul
French -ot
French culot
From cul m + -ot m.