coup
To execute a coupTo execute a coup.
» Do you think there will be a coup?
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4 senses(intransitive)To execute a coup.
(informal, transitive)To subject (a nation) to a coup d'état.
(transitive)To empty out, overturn, or tilt, such as from a cart or wheelbarrow.
(Northern England, Scotland)To exchange, barter.
Examples
46 sentencesDo you think there will be a coup?
The coup was carried out carefully.
ruПереворот был выполнен тщательно. — Helginka
The generals conducted a successful coup.
He took power in a military coup.
The foreign billionaire carried out a coup.
Origin
Reborrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup,Reborrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup, colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus. Doublet of cope and colpus. The same Old French word had been borrowed into Middle English as coupe, caupe (with different pronunciation).
From Middle English coupen (“to buy; (figuratively) to pay for”), from Old Norse kaupa (“to buy, bargain, barter, exchange”).
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Forms
coups, couping, couped, coupedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.