Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coupé

/kuːˈpeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: coupe
IPA: /kuːˈpeɪ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The front part of a French stagecoach.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The front compartment of a railway carriage.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.

Uncountable

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[...] who was knighted : His Arms were Or, three Barrs Azure on a Canton Argent, a Lyon's Head coupé Gules;"
"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[…]"
"Fig. 34, Argent, a baton sinister, coupé, gules (the mark of illegitimate descent)."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

coupés (plural) coupe (alternative)

Phrases

coupé de ville coupé utility drophead coupé fixed head coupé

Frequently Paired Words

convertible hardtop soft top

Rhymes With

coöp a the other way could go all day want-away point may for-pay try as one may members' day j /j k

Questions

How do you pronounce coupé?: The recorded pronunciation is /kuːˈpeɪ/.
What does coupé mean?: A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
Where does coupé come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”).

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