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кули́са

uncommon #9447
nounfeminineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    wing (of a stage), side scenery, stage flattheatre

    Актри́са вы́шла и́з-за кули́с на сце́ну.

    The actress came out from the wings onto the stage.

    Often in the plural: кулисы.

  • 2.

    backstage, behind the scenes

    Всё реша́лось за кули́сами.

    Everything was decided behind the scenes.

    In the set phrase за кулисами; also figurative, of secret dealings.

  • 3.

    (rareslotted link, guide slot, shift gateengineering

    Рыча́г хо́дит по кули́се.

    The lever moves along the slotted link.

  • 4.

    (rarecoulisse, unofficial stock marketfinance

    А́кции продава́лись на кули́се.

    The shares were traded on the unofficial market.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

кули́са

кули́сы

Gen.Genitive

кули́сы

кули́с

Dat.Dative

кули́се

кули́сам

Acc.Accusative

кули́су

кули́сы

Inst.Instrumental

кули́сой

кули́сою

кули́сами

Prep.Prepositional

кули́се

кули́сах

Word familyкули́саPRO

  • кули́саwing (of a stage); backstage; slotted link; coulisse
    nounfeminine

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 1 year ago.
  • Dumbysol edited translation 3 years ago.