COUPE Definition & Meaning

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coupe

[ koop ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
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coupe

[ koop ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc.
a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl.
any rimless plate.

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[ koo-pey koop ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.
the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car.
Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other.
(in Continental heraldry) party per fess.
coupe ¹( def 1 ).

coupe

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noun

a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet
a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert

��ǳܱ�é

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noun

Also calledfixed-head ��ǳܱ�é a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doors Compare drophead ��ǳܱ�é
a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver
an end compartment in a European railway carriage with seats on one side only

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of coupe¹

First recorded in 1880–85; ��ǳܱ�é

Origin of coupe²

1375–1425 for earlier senses “wicker basket, tub, cask”; 1890–95 for current senses; Middle English < Anglo-French co ( u ) pe, Old French coupe < Late Latin cuppa, Latin ��ū�貹 cask, tub, barrel; cup

Origin of coupe³

1825–35; < French ��ǳܱ�é ( ��ǳܱ�é indefs 1, 2 short for carrosse ��ǳܱ�é “cut-off or shortened coach”), past participle of couper “to cut off,” verbal derivative of coup coup ¹; cope ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of coupe¹

C19: from French: goblet, cup

Origin of coupe²

C19: from French, short for carosse ��ǳܱ�é, literally: cut-off carriage, from couper to cut, from coup blow, stroke

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His Chevrolet coupe, which he bought only a year ago, burned up in the flames.

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By the end of the 1990s it was more commonly served in a coupe and broadly known as an Espresso Martini.

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“We talked about it the last coupe days and watched some film on it - as hard as it was.”

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The suitability of an auto insurance policy becomes even more difficult if you decide that you want to insure a sporty or expensive automobile like an Infiniti G35 coupe.

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Yes, your dessert may look like a rock-hard citrus in a coupe, but nudge it open and you might find threads of verbena that push you to reconsider what a lemon ought to taste like.

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