coupe
noun
Also a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
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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-pay, 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
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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
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Tesla launched the Cybercab, a two-seater gold coupe without pedals or mirrors, saying Thursday that customers in Austin, Texas can book rides through its Robotaxi ride-hailing app.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
While it’s a bit apples-and-oranges, you can compare the Ferrari Amalfi coupe with the 12Cilindri.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Nearly all get delivered by McKellen’s Julian, waving a champagne coupe while monologuing about humidifiers, cancel culture and a doctor who smells like radishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
A black Mercedes 500 coupé in the mid-1980s.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2017
One elegant small carriage that appears in the street scene is a coupé made about 1860.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2013
The word "sensuous" had the effect of further disquieting Tom but before he could invent a protest the coupé came to a stop and Daisy signalled us to draw up alongside.
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
In summer the coupés are replaced by light, open, four-seated carriages, with a hood and with leather curtains, to be used in case of rain; and they are really pleasant and comfortable vehicles.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various
At last they found on the quay one of those ancient noctambulent coupés which, exactly as if they were ashamed to show their misery during the day, are never seen round Paris until after nightfall.
From Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Julian Hawthorne
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 John Leighton
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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