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coupe-gorge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
coupe--gorge
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupe-gorge (literally “cut-throat”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

coupe-gorges (plural)

Questions

What does coupe-gorge mean?
Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
Where does coupe-gorge come from?
It is traced to French.

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