couper
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French coper, colper (“to cut off”), probably, derived from cop (“blow”), colp (modern coup), with its meaning coming from the idea of cutting off with a blow. It may correspond to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre, syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus (compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from Latin caput (“head”), although this is unlikely.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
couper
- to cut, cut up, to chop
- to cut off, to keep out
- to dilute (with water)
- (reflexive, se couper, of leather) to crack
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of couper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | couper | avoir coupé | |||||
| gerund | en coupant | en ayant coupé | |||||
| present participle | coupant /ku.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | coupé /ku.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | coupe /kup/ |
coupes /kup/ |
coupe /kup/ |
coupons /ku.pɔ̃/ |
coupez /ku.pe/ |
coupent /kup/ |
| imperfect | coupais /ku.pɛ/ |
coupais /ku.pɛ/ |
coupait /ku.pɛ/ |
coupions /ku.pjɔ̃/ |
coupiez /ku.pje/ |
coupaient /ku.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | coupai /ku.pe/ |
coupas /ku.pa/ |
coupa /ku.pa/ |
coupâmes /ku.pam/ |
coupâtes /ku.pat/ |
coupèrent /ku.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | couperai /ku.pʁe/ |
couperas /ku.pʁa/ |
coupera /ku.pʁa/ |
couperons /ku.pʁɔ̃/ |
couperez /ku.pʁe/ |
couperont /ku.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | couperais /ku.pʁɛ/ |
couperais /ku.pʁɛ/ |
couperait /ku.pʁɛ/ |
couperions /ku.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couperiez /ku.pə.ʁje/ |
couperaient /ku.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | coupe /kup/ |
coupes /kup/ |
coupe /kup/ |
coupions /ku.pjɔ̃/ |
coupiez /ku.pje/ |
coupent /kup/ |
| imperfect1 | coupasse /ku.pas/ |
coupasses /ku.pas/ |
coupât /ku.pa/ |
coupassions /ku.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
coupassiez /ku.pa.sje/ |
coupassent /ku.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | coupe /kup/ |
— | coupons /ku.pɔ̃/ |
coupez /ku.pe/ |
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Derived terms[edit]
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See also
Further reading[edit]
- “couper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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