coupe
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːp/
- Homophone: coop
French
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
Derived terms
- sous la coupe de
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
coupe
Further reading
- “coupe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”).
Noun
cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
Descendants
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)”).
Alternative forms
- caupe
- kaupe
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.
Norman
Etymology
From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.
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