Dictionary

putsch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pʉt͡ʃ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /pʊt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Putsch, from Alemannic German Putsch (“knock, thrust, blow”), of imitative origin.

Meanings

1. A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.
   • Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.
   • 2010, Thompson, M. 2010. Modernisation theory’s last redoubt: democratisation in east and south east Asia. In Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong (ed), 'East Asia's new democracies: deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives'. London, Routledge.p98. "They have broken the democratic rules of the game by supporting popular mobilisation that has resulted in what can be dubbed a "people power putsch"."

Forms

Deriveds

putscher · putschism · putschist

Synonyms

coup · coup d'état

Translations (55)

eo puĉo (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · fr putsch (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ru путч (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · lv pučs (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · be путч (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · bg пуч (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · fi vallankaappaus (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · uk переворо́т (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · vo luvolut (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · uk путч (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · fr coup d'État (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · mi upokotaua (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ast golpe d'estáu (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ro lovitură de stat (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sh dr̀žāvnī ȕdār (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · es militarada (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · et putš (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · lt pučas (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · pt putsch (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sh др̀жа̄внӣ у̏да̄р (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sl puč (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · mk пуч (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · es alzamiento (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sh prȅvrāt (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · be пераваро́т (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · cmn 政變 /政变 (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sh пу̏ч (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ro puci (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · pt golpe (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ca cop d'estat (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ast putsch (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · de Putsch (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sv statskupp (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · es putsch (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sh pȕč (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sk puč (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · eo ŝtatrenverso (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · yi ּפּוטש (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · cs puč (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · es golpe (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · hu puccs (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ast alzamientu (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · pl pucz (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · tr darbe (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · he פּוּטְשׁ (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · sh пре̏вра̄т (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · hy պուտչ (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · pt golpe de estado (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · el πραξικόπημα (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · es pronunciamiento (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ka პუტჩი (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ru переворо́т (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · hy խռովարարություն (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · cmn 叛亂 /叛乱 (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) · ar اِنْقِلَاب (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government)