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.
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.
Also called: fixed-head coupé. a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doors Compare drophead coupé
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
a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet
a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert
First recorded in 1880–85; see origin at coupé
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
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
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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
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
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
He went with them in the old Ford coupe.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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
The coupé flashed by us with a flurry of dust and the flash of a waving hand.
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
Pretty girls with pale countenances pierced with bright eyes, like fragments of coal in flour, showed themselves at the doors of the coupés, close to the muzzles of pink-nosed, well-combed, white-haired little dogs.
From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri
Slowly driven coupés, with their elderly passengers, crawled along the road, and the wet-nurses pushed their perambulators.
From A Mummer's Tale by Roche, Charles E.
Ah! poor Paris, the days of your glory are past, your ancient fame is destroyed, the old nursery rhyme will mock you, "Vous n'irez plus au Bois, vos lauriers sont coupés."
From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John
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 Yates, Dornford
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