coupe

See also: Coupe, coupé, and Coupé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːp/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -uːp
• Homophone: coop

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

• deuce coupe

See also

• coupe-gorge (etymologically unrelated)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kup/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

• coupe de la ligue
• coupe du monde
• coupe menstruelle
• soucoupe

Descendants

• → English: coupe

Etymology 2

Deverbal from couper

Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)

1. cut
2. (style) haircut

Derived terms

• coupe au bol
• coupe choux
• coupe claire
• coupe réglée
• coupe sombre
• il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres
• sous la coupe de

 

Descendants

• → Greek: κουπ (koup)

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

Further reading

• “coupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pouce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cupe

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

• English: coop
• ⇒ Yola: coopen

References

• “cǒupe, n.(1) Also cupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• cope
• culpe

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

• caupe
• kaupe

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

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

References

• “cǒupe, n.(2) Also cope, culpe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
• “cǒupe, n.(3) Also caupe, kaupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)

1. (Jersey) cup, chalice