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Definitions and meaning of coup

coup

Etymology

(Re)borrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup, colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus. Doublet of colpus. The same Old French word had been borrowed into Middle English as coupe, caupe (with different pronunciation).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: coo

Noun

coup (plural coups)

1. A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.

   Synonym: triumph
2. (US, historical, of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
3. A coup d'état.

   Synonym: putsch
4. (by extension) A takeover of one group by another.
5. A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
6. (bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.

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Verb

coup (third-person singular simple present coups, present participle couping, simple past and past participle couped)

1. (intransitive) To make a coup.

See also

• touché (acknowledgement of a successful hit)

References

• “coup”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cupo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French coup, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (chiefly Netherlands) /kup/, (chiefly Belgium) /ku/
• Hyphenation: coup
• Rhymes: -up, -u
• Homophones: koe, coupe

Noun

coup m (plural coups, diminutive coupje n)

1. A coup, a coup d'état, a putsch.

   Synonyms: putsch, staatsgreep

2. A coup, a quick, surprising, brilliant move or action.

Derived terms

• contracoup
• couppleger
• tegencoup

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kup

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French colp, cop, from Late Latin colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Homophones: cou, coud, couds, coups, cous, coût, coûts
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

coup m (plural coups)

1. blow, hit, strike
   1. sound of the action

      coup de tonnerre ― crash of thunder

   2. physical consequences of the action (marks)

      marqué de coups ― scratched

2. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action

   jeter un coup d’œil ― to have a look

   boire un coup ― to have a drink

3. (firearms) load, shot

   pistolet à six coups ― six-shot pistol

4. bit (small quantity)

   mettre un coup de peinture ― to give (something) a lick of paint

5. planned action

   préparer son coup ― to make preparations

7. (slang) lay

   un bon coup ― a good lay

Derived terms

Related terms

• beaucoup
• coupe
• couper

Descendants

Further reading

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

Norman

Noun

coup m (plural coups)

1. Alternative form of co

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔu̯p/

Noun

coup oblique singular, m (oblique plural cous, nominative singular cous, nominative plural coup)

1. Alternative form of colp

Scots

Etymology

Perhaps related to English cope.

Verb

coup

1. (transitive) To overturn.