coup

== English == === Etymology 1 === Reborrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup, colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus. Doublet of cope and 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) A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act. Synonym: triumph (US, historical) Of Native Americans, a blow against an enemy delivered in a way that demonstrates bravery. A coup d'état. Synonym: putsch (by extension) A takeover of one group by another. A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir. (bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== coup (third-person singular simple present coups, present participle couping, simple past and past participle couped) (intransitive) To execute a coup. (transitive, informal) To subject (a nation) to a coup d'état. (transitive) To empty out, overturn, or tilt, such as from a cart or wheelbarrow. ==== See also ==== touché (acknowledgement of a successful hit) === Etymology 2 === From Middle English coupen (“to buy; (figuratively) to pay for”), from Old Norse kaupa (“to buy, bargain, barter, exchange”). ==== Verb ==== coup (third-person singular simple present coups, present participle couping, simple past and past participle couped) (Scotland, Northern England) To exchange, barter. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “coup”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →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) /ku(p)/, (chiefly Belgium) /ku/ Hyphenation: coup Rhymes: -up, -u Homophones: koe, coupe === Noun === coup m (plural coups, diminutive coupje n) a coup, a coup d'état, a putsch Synonyms: putsch, staatsgreep 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) blow, hit, strike sound of the action coup de tonnerre ― crash of thunder physical consequences of the action (marks) marqué de coups ― scratched (by extension) fast and instantaneous action jeter un coup d'œil ― to have a look boire un coup ― to have a drink un coup de dent ― a bite (from a person, animal, etc.) (firearms) load, shot pistolet à six coups ― six-shot pistol bit (small quantity) mettre un coup de peinture ― to give (something) a lick of paint planned action préparer son coup ― to make preparations a short sequence of action within a game; a move or play a time, a try, an instance Synonym: fois (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) alternative form of co == Old French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔu̯p/ === Noun === coup oblique singular, m (oblique plural cous, nominative singular cous, nominative plural coup) alternative form of colp == Scots == === Etymology === Perhaps related to English cope. === Verb === coup (transitive) To overturn.