écouler

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French

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Etymology

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From é- +‎ couler, or possibly from Vulgar Latin *excolāre, from Latin cōlāre. Compare Italian scolare, Portuguese escoar, Spanish escolar, Sicilian sculari.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ku.le/
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Verb

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écouler

  1. (transitive) to sell off, to shift
    Il eut beaucoup de peine à écouler sa marchandise.
    He had great difficulty selling off his merchandise.
  2. (reflexive) to flow
    Le liquide s’écoule.The liquid is flowing.
  3. (reflexive, of a crowd) to disband, to scatter
    La foule s’écoule.The crowd is disbanding.
  4. (reflexive, of time) to pass, to elapse
    Une année, deux années s’écoulèrent.One year, two years passed by.
  5. (reflexive, of one's fortune) to diminish, to dwindle away slowly

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