# coupe
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuːp/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːp
* Homophone: coop

### Noun

coupe (plural coupes)
* A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
* (US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
* A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
** 2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Months Later (July 2013)”, in Normal People:These are champagne glasses, says Peggy. No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says. You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.
* An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.
* An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.

#### Derived terms

* champagne coupe
* coupelike
* deuce coupe

### See also

* coupe-gorge (etymologically unrelated)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kup/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cope, cupe, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuve. The sports sense is a semantic loan from English cup.

#### Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)
* goblet, cup
* (sports) cup (award; prize)

##### Derived terms

* coupe de la ligue
* coupe du monde
* coupe menstruelle
* soucoupe

##### Descendants

* → English: coupe

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from couper

#### Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)
* cut
* (style) haircut

##### Derived terms

* coupe au bol
* coupe choux
* coupe claire
* coupe réglée
* coupe sombre
* il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres
* sous la coupe de

##### Descendants

* → Greek: κουπ (koup)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

coupe
* inflection of couper:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “coupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* pouce

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* cupe

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuːp(ə)/

### Etymology 1

From Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa, from Old High German chôfa, chuofa, from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”).

#### Noun

coupe (plural coupes or coupen)
* a large wicker basket; a dosser, a pannier
* a basket, pen or enclosure for birds; a coop
* a cart or sled equipped with a wicker basket for carrying manure, etc
* a barrel or cask for holding liquids

##### Descendants

* English: coop
* Yola: coopen

##### References

* “cǒupe, n.(1) Also cupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.

### Etymology 2

From Old French coupe, cope, culpe, from Latin culpa (“fault, defect; crime”).

#### Alternative forms

* cope
* culpe

#### Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
* culpability, guilt, sinfulness

### Etymology 3

From Old French coup, cop, colp, from Latin colpus (“hit, strike, stroke”), colaphus (“a blow with the fist; a cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “slap (to the face)”).

#### Alternative forms

* caupe
* kaupe

#### Noun

cǒupe (plural cǒupes)
* a blow, a strike
* a cry, a shout

### References

* “cǒupe, n.(2) Also cope, culpe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.
* “cǒupe, n.(3) Also caupe, kaupe..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2016.

## Norman
### Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

### Noun

coupe f (plural coupes)
* (Jersey) cup, chalice