Dictionary

coupé en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kuːˈpeɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Couped.
   • Fig. 34, Argent, a baton sinister, coupé, gules (the mark of illegitimate descent). 1898, Edward Singleton Holden, A Primer of Heraldry for Americans, page 117:
   • [...] 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:

Forms

coupé en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kuːˈpeɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Coordinates

convertible · hardtop · soft top

Deriveds

coupé de ville · fixed head coupé · coupé utility · drophead coupé

Translations (14)

de Coupé (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · hu kupé (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · eo kupeo (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · cmn 轎跑車 /轿跑车 (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · ru купе́ (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · pl coupé (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · de Kupee (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · acw كوبيه (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · fi coupé (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · mk купе́ (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · uk купе́ (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · fa کوپه (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · fi kupee (two-seater car, normally a sports car) · fi coupe (two-seater car, normally a sports car)