coup
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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.
Translations [edit]
quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; triumph
coup d'état
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French colp, from Vulgar Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kolaphos).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
coup m (plural coups)
- blow, hit, strike
- sound of the action: coup de tonnerre
- physical consequences of the action (marks): marqué de coups
- fast and instantaneous action: jeter un coup d'œil
- elementary action that may be repeated (e.g. in a game): boire un coup
- small quantity: mettre un coup de peinture
- planned action: préparer son coup
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Jèrriais [edit]
Noun [edit]
coup m (plural coups)
- Alternative form of co.
Old French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kowp/
Noun [edit]
coup m (oblique plural cous, nominative singular cous, nominative plural coup)
- Alternative form of colp.
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- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- French countable nouns
- Jèrriais nouns
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- Old French nouns
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- Old French alternative forms
