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coupe
1[ koop ]
coupe
2[ koop ]
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.
coupé
3[ koo-pey koop ]
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/ kuːp /
noun
- a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet
- a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert
coupé
2/ ˈkuːpeɪ /
noun
- Also calledfixed-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
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Word History and Origins
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; cup
Origin of coupe3
1825–35; < French coupé ( coupé indefs 1, 2 short for carrosse coupé “cut-off or shortened coach”), past participle of couper “to cut off,” verbal derivative of coup coup 1; cope 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coupe1
C19: from French: goblet, cup
Origin of coupe2
C19: from French, short for carosse coupé, literally: cut-off carriage, from couper to cut, from coup blow, stroke
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Example Sentences
For one hour a half-dozen guards went over the tracks looking for bombs and then they came into our coupé looking for spies.
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There was only one coupé vacant and that contained a high officer and another high official.
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Our coupé had four seats, so by taking turns every one got a chance to rest an hour or two.
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I was traveling on a train one day when I heard a terrible noise in a neighboring coupé.
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In his coupé there sat an American man and his wife and a German friend, and they were accused of being his accomplices.
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