coupe
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coupe (plural coupes)
- A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
- (US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
- A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
- 2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Months Later (July 2013)”, in Normal People:
- These are champagne glasses, says Peggy.
No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says.
You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.
- An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.
- An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- coupe-gorge (etymologically unrelated)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French cope, cupe, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuve. The sports sense is a semantic loan from English cup.
Noun edit
coupe f (plural coupes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: coupe
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
coupe f (plural coupes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Greek: κουπ (koup)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
coupe
- inflection of couper:
Further reading edit
- “coupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”).
Noun edit
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
- a large wicker basket; a dosser, a pannier
- a basket, pen or enclosure for birds; a coop
- a cart or sled equipped with a wicker basket for carrying manure, etc
- a barrel or cask for holding liquids
Descendants edit
References edit
- “cǒupe, n.(1) Also cupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French coupe, cope, culpe, from Latin culpa (“fault, defect; crime”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old French coup, cop, colp, from Latin colpus (“hit, strike, stroke”), colaphus (“a blow with the fist; a cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “slap (to the face)”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
References edit
- “cǒupe, n.(2) Also cope, culpe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
- “cǒupe, n.(3) Also caupe, kaupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.
Noun edit
coupe f (plural coupes)