coup
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[edit] English
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[edit] Noun
coup (plural coups)
- A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.
- A coup d'état.
- By extension, a takeover of one group by another.
[edit] Translations
quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; triumph
coup d'état
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Old French colp, from Vulgar Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος.
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coup m. (plural coups)
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[edit] Old French
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- IPA: /kowp/
[edit] Noun
coup m. (oblique plural cous, nominative singular cous, nominative plural coup)
- Alternative form of colp.
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