coup d'œil
See also: coup d'oeil
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French coup d’œil.
Noun edit
coup d'œil (plural coups d'œil)
- Alternative spelling of coup d'oeil
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 54–55:
- The royal party had dined in the greenhouse, the coup d'œil of which was as striking as it was new. Vast stands of the most costly exotics reached to the glass roof, which was partly covered by a luxuriant vine, or by a small scarlet creeper.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coup d’œil m (plural coups d’œil)
- glance, look
- jeter un coup d’œil ― to take a look
- valoir le coup d’œil ― to be worth seeing
- Jette un coup d’œil à ce livre. ― Have a look at this book.
- sight
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: cop d'ull (calque)