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• coupe
  coupe

  noun

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

  noun

  a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.

coupe

¹ American  

[koop] / kup /

noun

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

2. coupé.

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coupe ² American  

[koop] / kup /

noun

1. ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc.

2. a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl.

3. any rimless plate.

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coupé ³ American  

[koo-pey, koop] / kuˈpeɪ, kup /

noun

1. a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.

2. the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car.

3. Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other.

4. (in Continental heraldry) party per fess.

5. coupe.

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coupé ¹ British  

/ ˈkuːpeɪ /

noun

1. Also called: fixed-head coupé.  a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doors Compare drophead coupé

2. a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver

3. an end compartment in a European railway carriage with seats on one side only

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coupe ² British  

/ kuːp /

noun

1. a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet

2. a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert

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Etymology

Origin of coupe¹

First recorded in 1880–85; see origin at coupé

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 cūpa cask, tub, barrel; cf. cup

Origin of coupé³

1825–35; < French coupé ( coupé in defs. 1, 2 short for carrosse coupé “cut-off or shortened coach”), past participle of couper “to cut off,” verbal derivative of coup coup ¹; cf. cope ¹

Example Sentences

Back at Chainsaw the friends drink their iced lattes, they eat their beautiful chocolate milk tres leches in a coupe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Muzarabani then returned to bowl the penultimate over and, after the 6ft 8in pace bowler removed Renshaw, Zimbabwe swiftly administered the coupe de grace.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Prices for the 2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S, in coupe and cabriolet form, are about 11% higher than the 2025 models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

It was an all-electric coupe the company trialed only in the Southwest.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

He went with them in the old Ford coupe.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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