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coupé

/kuːˈpeɪ/

coupé noun: a two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe).

Noun

coupé (countable and uncountable, plural coupés)

  1. A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
  2. (UK) A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
  3. (historical) The front part of a French stagecoach.
  4. (historical) A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
  5. (historical) The front compartment of a railway carriage.
  6. (uncountable) The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.

Adjective

coupé (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Couped.
    • [...] who was knighted : His Arms were Or, three Barrs Azure on a Canton Argent, a Lyon's Head coupé Gules;1826, Sir Henry Chauncy, The Historical Antiquities of Hertforshire, page 314
    • Grant of Arms and Crest from Hervy Clarenceux : Sablés, a chevron engrayled betwene three bezants, on a chief gold a rose gules between two flower de luces azure. Crest, a horsse head coupé golde pelletey betwene two winges barrey[…]1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 82

coupé meaning in Persian

coupé in Persian

two-seater car, normally a sports car
کوپه kupe

Forms of coupé

pluralcoupés
alternative formcoupe

Origin of coupé

Unadapted borrowing from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”).

Words formed from coupé

Phrases with coupé

Words that rhyme with coupé

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Questions about coupé

What does coupé mean?
Coupé means a two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe).
What is coupé in Persian?
Coupé in Persian is کوپه (kupe). See Coupé meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is coupé?
Coupé can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce coupé?
Coupé is pronounced /kuːˈpeɪ/.
What is the plural of coupé?
The plural of coupé is coupés.

Words near coupé in the dictionary

  1. coupure
  2. coupures
  3. coupvolution
  4. coupvolutions
  5. coupy
  6. coupé
  7. coupé de ville
  8. coupé utilities
  9. coupé utility
  10. coupés
  11. cour

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