French

Proper noun

Coupe f

1. (astronomy) Crater (a constellation)

Anagrams

• pouce

English

Noun

coupe ‎(plural coupes)

1. An ice cream dessert; the glass it is served in.
2. (US) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
3. An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuve. The sports sense is a calque of English cup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kup/

Noun

coupe f ‎(plural coupes)

1. goblet, cup
2. (sports) cup (award; prize)
3. cut
4. (style) haircut

Verb

coupe

1. first-person singular present indicative of couper
2. third-person singular present indicative of couper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of couper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of couper
5. second-person singular imperative of couper

Anagrams

• pouce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cupe

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa ‎(“cask”).

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

1. a large wicker basket; a dosser, a pannier
2. a basket, pen or enclosure for birds; a coop
3. a cart or sled equipped with a wicker basket for carrying manure, etc
4. a barrel or cask for holding liquids

Descendants

• coop

Etymology 2

From Old French coupe, cope, culpe, from Latin culpa ‎(“fault, defect; crime”).

Alternative forms

• cope
• culpe

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

1. culpability, guilt, sinfulness

Etymology 3

From Old French coup, cop, colp, from Latin colpus ‎(“hit, strike, stroke”), colaphus ‎(“a blow with the fist; a cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος ‎(kólaphos, “slap (to the face)”).

Alternative forms

• caupe
• kaupe

Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)

1. a blow, a strike
2. a cry, a shout

References

• “cǒupe (n.(1)) Also cupe.”, in MED Online, University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
• “cǒupe (n.(2)) Also cope, culpe.”, in MED Online, University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
• “cǒupe (n.(3)) Also caupe, kaupe.”, in MED Online, University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Noun

coupe f ‎(plural coupes)

1. (Jersey) cup, chalice