Meaning

1 senses
  1. The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

    Staatsstreich, Putsch, Coup

    переворо́тperevorót, путчputč, госуда́рственный переворо́тgosudárstvennyj perevorót

    переворо́тperevorót, держа́вний переворо́тderžávnyj perevorót, путчputč

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sudden overthrow of a government:
Русский
By meaning 1
sudden overthrow of a government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sudden overthrow of a government:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French coup d'État (literally “strike (or blow or cut) of state”)

Unadapted borrowing from French coup d'État (literally “strike (or blow or cut) of state”).

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Forms

plural: coup d'états

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcoup

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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