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 (countable and uncountable, plural coupés)
- A two-seater car, normally a sports car.
- (Britain) A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
- (historical) The front part of a French stagecoach.
- (historical) A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
- (historical) The front compartment of a railway carriage.
- (uncountable) The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.
Related terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkupeː/, [ˈkupe̞ː]
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)
- (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)
- past participle of couper
Derived terms
- coupé-décalé
Descendants
- Russian: купе́ (kupé)
See also
Further reading
- “coupé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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