coupe
noun
Also a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
coupe
1 American
[koop]
/ kup /
coupe
2
American
[koop]
/ kup /
noun
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ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc.
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a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl.
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any rimless plate.
coupé
3
American
[koo-pey, koop]
/ kuˈpeɪ, kup /
noun
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coupés
plural
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a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.
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the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car.
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Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other.
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(in Continental heraldry) party per fess.
coupé
1
British
/ ˈkuːpeɪ /
noun
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Also called: fixed-head coupé. a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doors Compare drophead coupé
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a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver
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an end compartment in a European railway carriage with seats on one side only
coupe
2
British
/ kuːp /
noun
-
a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet
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a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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Mercedes-Benz unveiled its AMG GT four-door coupe, a high-end EV with 1,153 horsepower and a zero to 60 mph time of about two seconds.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Among them: the rear quarter-lights are masked with graphics that suggest a coupe roofline hiding inside the hatch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
But despite loving the petite coupe, she wouldn't recommend it as a daily runaround.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
The car — first introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair as a sporty, compact coupe with just a little bit of an edge — is given a hero’s treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
It was our dark blue 1941 Chevy coupe, and you had to push the seat forward to get out.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
A limited-edition two-seat coupé will bridge Alfa Romeo from its internal combustion engine roots to an all-electric future.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The Roma will be a 2+ coupé, meaning it has two small rear-seats, Ferrari said on Wednesday, without disclosing its price.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2019
From the side it looks like a stretched coupé, with long doors sitting under blacked-out pillars to create a "floating" roof.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2013
One elegant small carriage that appears in the street scene is a coupé made about 1860.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2013
In the ditch beside the road, right side up but violently shorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé which had left Gatsby's drive not two minutes before.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The group’s members stood on a platform built on the back of a flatbed truck, playing about a dozen drums, including bass drums, congas and tenor drums known as coupés.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2018
W.'s is grey satin, equally comfortable, with dressing-room, bath, etc.—behind these again a coupé for the maids—then a long carriage for the rest of the Mission with chairs, tables, etc, and small coupés.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
Outside in the darkness, gray with whirling snowflakes, he saw the wet lamps of cabs shining, and he darted along the line of hansoms and coupés in frantic search for his own.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks
In the latter's place we had purchased two smaller cars—both new, both of the same make, both coupés, both painted blue.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
Slowly driven coupés, with their elderly passengers, crawled along the road, and the wet-nurses pushed their perambulators.
From A Mummer's Tale by Charles E. Roche
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