couper

== English == === Alternative forms === coper === Etymology === From coup (“to exchange, barter”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊpə/ IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈkaʊpə/ IPA(key): (Scotland) /ˈkʌʉpᵻr/ IPA(key): (General American) /ˈkaʊpər/ === Noun === couper (plural coupers) (UK, obsolete) A dealer in horses or other livestock. === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited 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 Galician-Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from Latin caput (“head”), although this is unlikely. Not related to couteau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.pe/ === Verb === couper to cut, cut up; to chop, to sever to cut, to clip, to trim J'ai besoin de me faire couper les cheveux. ― I need to get my hair cut. to cut off, to keep out, to bar couper le cours d'une rivière ― to block the course of a river to take away couper le souffle ― to take someone's breath away couper l'appétit ― to spoil someone's appetite couper l'envie ― to turn someone off, to kill the mood to stop, prevent couper quelqu'un dans son élan ― to stop someone in their tracks to dilute, mix couper du whisky avec du coca ― to mix whisky with Coke to traverse (intransitive, idiomatic) to take a shortcut through something, to cut through couper à travers champs ― to cut through fields (reflexive, of leather) to crack ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coup ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: koupe === See also === === Further reading === “couper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === croupe