coupe
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
coupe (plural coupes)
- A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
- (US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
- 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.
- An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.
- An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- coupe-gorge (etymologically unrelated)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
coupe f (plural coupes)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: coupe
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
coupe f (plural coupes)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Greek: κουπ (koup)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
coupe
- inflection of couper:
Further reading[edit]
- “coupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”).
Noun[edit]
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
- a large wicker basket; a dosser, a pannier
- a basket, pen or enclosure for birds; a coop
- a cart or sled equipped with a wicker basket for carrying manure, etc
- a barrel or cask for holding liquids
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “cǒupe, n.(1) Also cupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French coupe, cope, culpe, from Latin culpa (“fault, defect; crime”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
Etymology 3[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
References[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.
Noun[edit]
coupe f (plural coupes)
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- fr:Sports
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