"coupe sombre" meaning in All languages combined

See coupe sombre on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /kup sɔ̃bʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-coupe sombre.wav Forms: coupes sombres [plural]
Etymology: From woodcutting; the idea being that the forest is still dense and dark, because it was only lightly felled. Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} coupe sombre f (plural coupes sombres)
  1. (forestry) light felling, thinning of the trees Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-coupe_sombre-fr-noun-7wZhSghN Categories (other): Forestry, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: business, forestry
  2. (sometimes proscribed, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) drastic cuts Tags: feminine, figuratively, in-plural, proscribed, sometimes
    Sense id: en-coupe_sombre-fr-noun-3HPv0pVo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coupe rase, coupe à blanc

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "37 63",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "37 63",
      "word": "coupe à blanc"
    }
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        },
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          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "light felling, thinning of the trees"
      ],
      "id": "en-coupe_sombre-fr-noun-7wZhSghN",
      "links": [
        [
          "forestry",
          "forestry"
        ],
        [
          "felling",
          "felling"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(forestry) light felling, thinning of the trees"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "forestry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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        },
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to make drastic cuts, to make swingeing cuts, to make substantial cutbacks",
          "text": "faire des coupes sombres dans quelque chose",
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        }
      ],
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        ],
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          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes proscribed, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) drastic cuts"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural",
        "proscribed",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
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}
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    "French lemmas",
    "French multiword terms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From woodcutting; the idea being that the forest is still dense and dark, because it was only lightly felled.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "coupes sombres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "coupe rase"
    },
    {
      "word": "coupe à blanc"
    }
  ],
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        "fr:Forestry"
      ],
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        "light felling, thinning of the trees"
      ],
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        [
          "forestry",
          "forestry"
        ],
        [
          "felling",
          "felling"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(forestry) light felling, thinning of the trees"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "forestry"
      ]
    },
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        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "english": "to make drastic cuts, to make swingeing cuts, to make substantial cutbacks",
          "text": "faire des coupes sombres dans quelque chose",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "drastic cuts"
      ],
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        [
          "drastic",
          "drastic"
        ],
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes proscribed, figuratively, chiefly in the plural) drastic cuts"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural",
        "proscribed",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "coupe sombre"
}

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