Masculine

coup

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) blow, hit, strike
  2. (masculine) blow, hit, strike
  3. (broadly, masculine) fast and instantaneous action
  4. (masculine) load, shot
  5. (masculine) bit (small quantity)
  6. (masculine) planned action
  7. (masculine) a short sequence of action within a game; a move or play
  8. (masculine) a time, a try, an instance
  9. (masculine, slang) lay

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ku/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French colp, cop, from Late Latin colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

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