coupe

1
[ koop ]
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noun
  1. Also coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.

Origin of coupe

1
First recorded in 1880–85; see origin at coupé

Other definitions for coupe (2 of 3)

coupe2
[ koop ]

noun
  1. ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc.

  2. a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl.

  1. any rimless plate.

Origin of coupe

2
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

Other definitions for coupé (3 of 3)

coupé
[ 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.

  1. Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other.

  2. (in Continental heraldry) party per fess.

Origin of coupé

3
1825–35; <French coupé (in defs. 1, 2 short for carrosse coupé “cut-off or shortened coach”), past participle of couper “to cut off,” verbal derivative of coupcoup1; cf. cope1
  • Also coupe (for defs. 1-3).

Words that may be confused with coupé

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How to use coupe in a sentence

  • Besides these regular coupés, there were many freight cars which carried all kinds of canned goods and other provisions.

    Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
  • The bridegroom generally provides hansoms or coupés to drive his ushers to the church from their respective residences.

    The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain
  • But now the carriages drove up—coupés, dog-carts, and a victoria.

    Lorraine | Robert W. Chambers
  • Slowly driven coupés, with their elderly passengers, crawled along the road, and the wet-nurses pushed their perambulators.

    A Mummer's Tale | Anatole France
  • The coupés of the rich trundled over the pavements to his retreat at the St. James Hotel.

    The King's Men | Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright

British Dictionary definitions for coupe (1 of 2)

coupe

/ (kuːp) /


noun
  1. a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet

  2. a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert

Origin of coupe

1
C19: from French: goblet, cup

British Dictionary definitions for coupé (2 of 2)

coupé

/ (ˈkuːpeɪ) /


noun
  1. Also called: fixed-head coupé a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doors: Compare drophead coupé

  2. a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver

  1. an end compartment in a European railway carriage with seats on one side only

Origin of coupé

2
C19: from French, short for carosse coupé, literally: cut-off carriage, from couper to cut, from coup blow, stroke

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