coupé

See also: coupe, Coupe, and Coupé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuːpeɪ]
  • (Francophone) IPA(key): [kupe]

Noun

coupé (plural coupés)

  1. A two-seater car, normally a sports car.
  2. (Britain) A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
  3. (historical) The front part of a French stagecoach.
  4. (historical) A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
  5. (historical) The front compartment of a railway carriage.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkupeː/

Noun

coupé

  1. coupé

Declension

Inflection of coupé (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative coupé coupét
genitive coupén coupéiden
coupéitten
partitive coupéta coupéita
illative coupéhen coupéihin
singular plural
nominative coupé coupét
accusative nom. coupé coupét
gen. coupén
genitive coupén coupéiden
coupéitten
partitive coupéta coupéita
inessive coupéssa coupéissa
elative coupésta coupéista
illative coupéhen coupéihin
adessive coupélla coupéilla
ablative coupélta coupéilta
allative coupélle coupéille
essive coupéna coupéina
translative coupéksi coupéiksi
instructive — coupéin
abessive coupétta coupéitta
comitative — coupéineen

French

Adjective

coupé (feminine singular coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées)

  1. (heraldry) Divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess; said of an escutcheon.

Verb

coupé m (feminine singular coupée, masculine plural coupés, feminine plural coupées)

  1. past participle of couper

Derived terms

  • coupé-décalé

Noun

coupé m (plural coupés)

  1. A coupé (car).

Descendants

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupé.

Noun

coupé m (plural coupé)

  1. coupé

Spanish

Alternative forms

Noun

coupé m (plural coupés)

  1. coupé
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