coupe

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːp/
• Homophone: coop

Noun

coupe (plural coupes)

1. An ice cream dessert; the glass it is served in.
2. (US) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
3. An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kup/

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Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Deverbal of couper

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Further reading

• “coupe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pouce

Alternative forms

• cupe

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”).

Etymology 2

From Old French coupe, cope, culpe, from Latin culpa (“fault, defect; crime”).

Etymology 3

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)”).

References

• “cǒupe (n.(1)) Also cupe.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
• “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.

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)

1. (Jersey) cup, chalice