coup

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coup (plural coups)

  1. A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.
  2. A coup d'état.
  3. By extension, a takeover of one group by another.

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From Old French colp, from Vulgar Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος.

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coup m. (plural coups)

  1. blow, hit, strike

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coup m. (oblique plural cous, nominative singular cous, nominative plural coup)

  1. Alternative form of colp.
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