Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A closed four-wheel carriage with two seats inside and one outside.
- n. A closed two-door automobile.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An obsolete form of coup.
- n. A Middle English form of coop.
- n. An obsolete form of cup.
- n. [F.] A shallow open cup or bowl of silver, gold, or bronze, used as a mantel ornament.
- n. A dry measure used in parts of Switzerland before the introduction of the metric system. In Geneva it was equal to Winchester bushels, and in Basel to . There was also formerly a coupe in Lyons, otherwise called a quart, containing nine tenths of a Winchester peck.
- n. Fault; guilt.
- n. The front compartment of a French stage-coach or diligence; an end compartment of a European first-class railway-carriage, generally seated for four.
- n. A low, short, four-wheeled, close carriage without the front seat, and carrying two inside, with an outside seat for the driver.
- n. Same as coupee.
- n. In fencing, a sudden shifting of the guard by lifting the foil over the point of the opponent's blade and thrusting at the same moment on the unprotected side. A coupé is in the nature of a surprise to a careless opponent. See cut over point, under cut.
Wiktionary
- n. A two-seater car, normally a sports car, in British English a car body style
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
- n. A four-wheeled enclosed carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.
- n. a two-door automobile with front seats and a luggage compartment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
Etymologies
- From the French coupé (an elliptical use where carosse coupé ("cut carriage") is understood), the past participle of couper ("to cut"). (Wiktionary)
- French, from past participle of couper, to cut, from coup, blow; see coup. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Interesting words
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French words in German language
words and phrases with french background commonly used in the german language, so-called "Gallizismen"
trottoir, paravent, rayon, perron, fauteuil, garage, arrangement, etablissement, portemonnaie, parterre, coupé, voliere and 123 more...
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The Barouche List: Need a Ride?
Bilby says I should have one. Even though most of these are on my other lists (the ones that weren't, I didn't really want to list).
barouche, buggy, carriage, cabriolet, randem, berlin, victoria, surrey, herdic, hansom, rockaway, cariole and 74 more...
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Ballet words
Sur les pointes! And NEVER forget your en dehors.
battements, tendus, jetés, assemblé, frappé, coupé, en dedans, en dehors, derrière, devant, pas de bourrée, pas de chat and 30 more...
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