couper
Meaning
- to cut, cut up; to chop, to sever
- to cut, to clip, to trim
- to cut off, to keep out, to bar
- to take away
- to stop, prevent
- to dilute, mix
- to traverse
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to take a shortcut through something, to cut through
- (reflexive) to crack
Concepts
turn off
cut hair
cut into strips
cut away
Synonyms
couper en deux
jouer atout
Translations
schneiden
tagliare
cortar
cortar
kesmek
κόβω
snijden
tallarFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ku.pe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French coper, colper (“to cut off”), probably, derived from cop (“blow”), colp (modern coup), with its meaning coming from the idea of cutting off with a blow. It may correspond to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre, syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus (compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Galician-Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from Latin caput (“head”), although this is unlikely. Not related to couteau.
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