coupé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé (countable and uncountable, plural coupés)
- A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
- (British) A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
- (historical) The front part of a French stagecoach.
- (historical) A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
- (historical) The front compartment of a railway carriage.
- (uncountable) The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.
Related terms
Translations
two-seater car, normally a sports car
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé
Declension
Inflection of coupé (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | coupé | coupét | |
genitive | coupén | coupéiden coupéitten | |
partitive | coupéta | coupéita | |
illative | coupéhen | coupéihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | coupé | coupét | |
accusative | nom. | coupé | coupét |
gen. | coupén | ||
genitive | coupén | coupéiden coupéitten | |
partitive | coupéta | coupéita | |
inessive | coupéssa | coupéissa | |
elative | coupésta | coupéista | |
illative | coupéhen | coupéihin | |
adessive | coupélla | coupéilla | |
ablative | coupélta | coupéilta | |
allative | coupélle | coupéille | |
essive | coupéna | coupéina | |
translative | coupéksi | coupéiksi | |
abessive | coupétta | coupéitta | |
instructive | — | coupéin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
coupé (feminine coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées)
- (heraldry) divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess; said of an escutcheon
Participle
coupé (feminine coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées)
- past participle of couper
Derived terms
Noun
coupé m (plural coupés)
- coupé (car)
Descendants
- → Catalan: cupè
- → English: coupé
- → German: Coupé
- → Macedonian: купе (kupe)
- → Russian: купе́ (kupé)
- → Spanish: cupé
- → Ukrainian: купе́ (kupé)
See also
Further reading
- “coupé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
coupé m
References
- ^ coupé in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French couper (“to cut”).
Verb
coupé
- to cut
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Spanish
Alternative forms
Noun
coupé m (plural coupés)
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