What does culdesac mean?

Question

if culdesac is french what does it mean in english?

Answer 1

It is literally a street without exit (a blind alley), but (for extention) it now means a deadlock.

It is used in metaphorical way.

For example when you are in a situation which leads nowhere or when you could make no further progress you can say it

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Answer 2

Literally, it means "bottom-of-the-bag". The street is shaped like the bottom of a bag - a dead end.

Answer 3

It's a dead end..You may recognize it more as a street that dead ens to houses where you can turn around. But essentially it is a dead end.

Answer 4

It is a french word for dead end

Answer 5

The literal translation from French is "bottom of a bag" but it means a street with only one entrance or Dead-end.

Answer 6

literally "bottom of the bag," what we call, for some reason, a dead end residential street.

Answer 7

Dead end.  Like in a street. Cul de sac.