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coupe

1[koop]
–noun
1. Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
2. coupé (defs. 1–3).

Origin:
1880–85; see coupé

cou⋅pé

[koo-pey or, for 1, 5, koop]
–noun
1. a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.
2. the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car.
3. Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other.
4. (in Continental heraldry) party per fess.
5. coupe 1 (def. 1).
Also, coupe (for defs. 1–3).


Origin:
1825–35; < F coupé (in defs. 1 and 2 short for carrosse coupé cut (i.e., shortened) coach), ptp. of couper to cut off, v. deriv. of coup coup; cf. cope 1
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cou·pé   (kōō-pā')   
n.  
  1. A closed four-wheel carriage with two seats inside and one outside.

  2. also coupe (kōōp) A closed two-door automobile.


[French, from past participle of couper, to cut, from coup, blow; see coup.]
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