coupé

== English == === Alternative forms === coupe === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuːˈpeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Noun === coupé (countable and uncountable, plural coupés) A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe) (UK) 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. ==== Coordinate terms ==== convertible hardtop soft top ==== Derived terms ==== coupé de ville coupé utility drophead coupé fixed head coupé ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === coupé (not comparable) (heraldry, obsolete) Couped. ==== Usage notes ==== This is a false friend: in French heraldry, coupé means party per fess. == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French coupé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuˈpeː/ === Noun === coupé m (plural coupés, diminutive coupeetje n) (rail transport) train compartment Er passen zes mensen in deze coupé. ― There's room for six people in this train compartment. (automotive) coupé (type of sports car) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: kupe, kup === Further reading === coupé on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Finnish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French coupé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkupeː/, [ˈkupe̞ː] Rhymes: -upeː === Noun === coupé coupé ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “coupé”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.pe/ === Adjective === coupé (feminine coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées) (heraldry) divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess; said of an escutcheon ==== Usage notes ==== This is a false friend: in English heraldry, coupé means couped. === Participle === coupé (feminine coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées) past participle of couper ==== Derived terms ==== coupé-décalé === Noun === coupé m (plural coupés) coupé (car) ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: cupè → Dutch: coupé → English: coupé → Finnish: coupé → German: Coupé → Italian: coupé → Macedonian: купе (kupe) → Norwegian: kupé → Russian: купе́ (kupé) → Serbo-Croatian: kupe → Spanish: cupé → Swedish: kupé → Ukrainian: купе́ (kupé) ==== See also ==== coupé-cabriolet === Further reading === “coupé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === pouce == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French coupé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuˈpe/**, /kuˈpɛ/** Rhymes: -e, -ɛ === Noun === coupé m coupé === References === == Louisiana Creole == === Etymology === From French couper (“to cut”). === Verb === coupé to cut === References === Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales == Spanish == === Alternative forms === cupé === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French coupé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuˈpe/ [kuˈpe] Rhymes: -e Syllabification: cou‧pé === Noun === coupé m (plural coupés) coupé ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.