coup de foudre
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French coup de foudre (“lightning strike”).
Noun edit
coup de foudre (plural coups de foudre)
- A sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 84:
- The encounter with Laura that Good Friday was a coup de foudre, and for the rest of his life he was to adore her, mostly from afar.
- 2023, Pamela Anderson, Love, Pamela[1], →ISBN:
- They immediately fell madly in love. A lightning bolt. Coup de foudre.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coup de foudre m (plural coups de foudre)
- lightning strike, thunderbolt
- Coordinate term: coup de tonnerre
- (figuratively) love at first sight
- Near-synonym: coup de cœur
- Quand j’ai fait la connaissance d’Henri, ç’a été le coup de foudre! ― When I met Henri, it was love at first sight!
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French coup de foudre.
Noun edit
coup de foudre m (invariable)
- coup de foudre
- Synonym: colpo di fulmine