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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé (countable and uncountable, plural coupés)
- A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
- (British) A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
- (historical) The front part of a French stagecoach.
- (historical) A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
- (historical) The front compartment of a railway carriage.
- (uncountable) The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
two-seater car, normally a sports car
Adjective
coupé (not comparable)
- (heraldry, obsolete) Couped.
1826, Sir Henry Chauncy, The Historical Antiquities of Hertforshire, page 314:[...] who was knighted : His Arms were Or, three Barrs Azure on a Canton Argent, a Lyon's Head coupé Gules;
1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 82:Grant of Arms and Crest from Hervy Clarenceux : Sablés, a chevron engrayled betwene three bezants, on a chief gold a rose gules between two flower de luces azure. Crest, a horsse head coupé golde pelletey betwene two winges barrey […]
1898, Edward Singleton Holden, A Primer of Heraldry for Americans, page 117:Fig. 34, Argent, a baton sinister, coupé, gules (the mark of illegitimate descent).
Usage notes
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French coupé.
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé
- coupé
Declension
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
coupé (feminine coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées)
- (heraldry) divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess; said of an escutcheon
Participle
coupé (feminine coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées)
- past participle of couper
Derived terms
Noun
coupé m (plural coupés)
- coupé (car)
Descendants
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French coupé.
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé m
- coupé
References
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French couper (“to cut”).
Verb
coupé
- to cut
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French coupé.
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé m (plural coupés)
- coupé
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.