coup de Jarnac

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku d(ə) ʒaʁ.nak/

Noun

coup de Jarnac m (plural coups de Jarnac)

1. A treacherous move in a confrontation

Further reading

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