couloirs

/ku.lwaʁ/couloir

nounmasculinePlural

hallways

corridors

passageways (inside a building)

Je me perds toujours dans les couloirs de cette école.

I always get lost in the hallways of this school.

Synonyms:passages, dégagements

nounmasculinePlural

lanes (in sports, e.g. swimming lanes or track lanes)

designated lanes or corridors (e.g. traffic lanes, air corridors)

Les nageurs doivent rester dans leurs couloirs pendant la course.

The swimmers must stay in their lanes during the race.

nounmasculinePlural

narrow gullies or couloirs on a mountainside (used by climbers and skiers)

On a descendu plusieurs couloirs très étroits pendant la sortie en montagne.

We descended several very narrow couloirs during the mountain outing.

Synonyms:goulottes