coupe

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See also: Coupe, coupé, and Coupé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.

Pronunciation

Noun

coupe (plural coupes)

  1. A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
  2. (US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
  3. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
    • 2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Months Later (July 2013)”, in Normal People:
      These are champagne glasses, says Peggy.
      No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says.
      You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.
  4. An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.
  5. An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.

Derived terms

See also

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cope, cupe, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuve. The sports sense is a semantic loan from English cup.

Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)

  1. goblet, cup
  2. (sports) cup (award; prize)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: coupe

Etymology 2

Deverbal from couper

Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)

  1. cut
  2. (style) haircut
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

coupe

  1. inflection of couper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”).

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

  1. a large wicker basket; a dosser, a pannier
  2. a basket, pen or enclosure for birds; a coop
  3. a cart or sled equipped with a wicker basket for carrying manure, etc
  4. a barrel or cask for holding liquids
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old French coupe, cope, culpe, from Latin culpa (“fault, defect; crime”).

Alternative forms

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

  1. culpability, guilt, sinfulness

Etymology 3

From Old French coup, cop, colp, from Latin colpus (“hit, strike, stroke”), colaphus (“a blow with the fist; a cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “slap (to the face)”).

Alternative forms

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

  1. a blow, a strike
  2. a cry, a shout

References

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)

  1. (Jersey) cup, chalice
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