Flow, run, sink - Couler (The 2536th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Flow, run, sink is Couler. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about materials & quality, sickness & injuries, house, numbers & quantity. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2536th most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice the 3000 most common French words, including this one, with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: flow, run, sink

French: couler

Examples


Though tears may flow down your face, I won't look back.	Des larmes pourraient bien couler sur ton visage, je ne regarderai pas en arrière.
Boats can sink.	Les bateaux peuvent couler.
Are we sinking	Sommes-nous en train de couler
The cruise ship is sinking.	Le bateau de croisière est en train de couler.
The rivers stopped flowing.	Les rivières se sont arrêtées de couler.
We can all watch Susy sinking and have a laugh.	Nous ne pouvons pas toutes regarder Susy couler et rire.
Just give the serum a few minutes to sink in.	Juste donner le sérum quelques minutes pour couler.
Let Clik sink together with the mooring line.	Laisser couler Clik avec la pendille.

If the Sahastrara is fully opened, all these powers of love should flow.	Tous ces pouvoirs d'amour devraient couler.
Nathan and Simon watched the river flow below them.	Nathan et Simon regardèrent couler la rivière.
Make the sap run in our dried up furrows	Faites couler la sève en nos sillons taris
We can hear the water run, his lover is having a shower.	On entend l'eau couler, son amant prend une douche.
Boom, let's call the lawyers and get the ink flowing.	Appelons nos avocats et faisons couler l'encre.
There's a very good chance that I'm sinking the ship.	Je risque de couler le navire.
In breaking news, Pakistan has attacked and sunk an American nuclear submarine...	Le Pakistan vient de couler un sous-marin nucléaire américain.
They make muds cohesive and plastic, or able to flow.	Ils rendent les boues cohésives et plastiques, ou capables de couler.
Möwe went on to sink several more Allied ships before returning home.	Möwe a continué à couler plusieurs autres navires alliés avant de rentrer chez lui.
U-1276 had just sunk HMS Vervain, a Flower-class corvette.	L'U-1276 venait de couler le HMS Vervain, une corvette de classe Flower.
Let blood flow back to the end of the tube.	Laisser couler le sang vers l'extrémité du tube.
Let the water flow slowly down the inside of the vial.	Laissez l'eau couler lentement à l'intérieur du flacon.
Without a foundation, buildings this heavy would sink, fall, or lean over.	Sans fondations, des bâtiments aussi lourds pourraient couler, tomber ou pencher.