"coup" meaning in French

See coup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ku/ Audio: Fr-coup.ogg Forms: coups [plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Old French colp, cop, from Late Latin colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|colp|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French colp, {{inh+|fr|fro|colp}} Inherited from Old French colp, {{inh|fr|LL.|colpus}} Late Latin colpus, {{inh|fr|la|colaphus}} Latin colaphus, {{der|fr|grc|κόλαφος}} Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} coup m (plural coups)
  1. blow, hit, strike
    sound of the action
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-3t3Nk-BM
  2. blow, hit, strike
    physical consequences of the action (marks)
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-rTms9IFU Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 7 14 7 16 7 20 7 17 7
  3. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-fepV369D
  4. (firearms) load, shot Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-eStrjbK~ Categories (other): Firearms, French entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 2 55 4 8 3 16 2 Disambiguation of Violence: 7 14 7 16 7 20 7 17 7 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  5. bit (small quantity) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-cfZTjVuW
  6. planned action Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-iMOpBYIe Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 7 14 7 16 7 20 7 17 7
  7. a short sequence of action within a game; a move or play Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-U3~krf7w
  8. a time, a try, an instance Tags: masculine Synonyms: fois
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-IROms8je Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 7 14 7 16 7 20 7 17 7
  9. (slang) lay Tags: masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-coup-fr-noun-fr:lay
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beaucoup, coupe, couper
Derived forms: à coup de, à coup sûr, à coups de, à tous les coups, accuser le coup, après coup, coup bas, coup dans le nez, coup de barre, coup de blues, coup de bol, coup de boule, coup de bourre, coup de chance, coup de circuit, coup de cœur, coup de coin, coup de dent, coup de dents, coup de feu, coup de fil, coup de filet, coup de force, coup de foudre, coup de fouet, coup de froid, coup de fusil, coup de génie, coup de glotte, coup de grâce, coup de grisou, coup de gueule, coup de Jarnac, coup de jeune, coup de langue, coup de l’étrier, coup de main, coup de maître, coup de massue, coup de mou, coup de pied, coup de poing, coup de pompe, coup de pot, coup de pouce, coup de pute, coup de sang, coup de semonce, coup de sifflet final, coup de soleil, coup de téléphone, coup de tête, coup de théâtre, coup de vieux, coup droit, coup du chapeau, coup du lapin, coup du sort, coup d’éclat, coup d’envoi, coup d’épée dans l’eau, coup d’essai, coup d’État, coup d’œil, coup d’un soir, coup fourré, coup franc, coup monté, coup sûr, coup sur coup, coups et blessures, dans le coup, donner un coup de balai, douze coups de minuit, du coup, du premier coup, d’un coup, d’un seul coup, en coup de vent, en deux coups de cuillère à pot, faire d’une pierre deux coups, faire les quatre cents coups, frapper les grands coups, hors du coup, marquer le coup, par à-coups, pour le coup, prévoir le coup, retenir ses coups, rouer de coups, sans coup férir, sûr de son coup, tenir le coup, tirer un coup, tous les coups sont permis, tout à coup, tout d’un coup, un coup

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à coup de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à coup sûr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à coups de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à tous les coups"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "accuser le coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "après coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup bas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup dans le nez"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de barre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de blues"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de bol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de boule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de bourre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de chance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de circuit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de cœur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de coin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de dent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de dents"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de feu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de fil"
    },
    {
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      "word": "coup de filet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de force"
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    {
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      "word": "coup de foudre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de fouet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de froid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de fusil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de génie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de glotte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de grâce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de grisou"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de gueule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de Jarnac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de jeune"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de langue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de l’étrier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de main"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de maître"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de massue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de mou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de pied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de poing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de pompe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de pot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de pouce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de pute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de sang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de semonce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de sifflet final"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de soleil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de téléphone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de tête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de théâtre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de vieux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup droit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup du chapeau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup du lapin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup du sort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’éclat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’envoi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’épée dans l’eau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’essai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’État"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’œil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup d’un soir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup fourré"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup franc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup monté"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup sûr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup sur coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coups et blessures"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dans le coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "donner un coup de balai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "douze coups de minuit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "du coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "du premier coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "d’un coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "d’un seul coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en coup de vent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en deux coups de cuillère à pot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire d’une pierre deux coups"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire les quatre cents coups"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frapper les grands coups"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hors du coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marquer le coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "par à-coups"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pour le coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prévoir le coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "retenir ses coups"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rouer de coups"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sans coup férir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sûr de son coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tenir le coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tirer un coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tous les coups sont permis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tout à coup"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tout d’un coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "un coup"
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      "text": "→ Danish: kup"
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      "text": "→ Dutch: coup"
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      "text": "→ German: Coup"
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      "text": "Norwegian:"
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: kupp"
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            "bor": "1"
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kupp"
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            "2": "kupp",
            "bor": "1"
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    }
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        "masculine"
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          "english": "\"Uh yes, he made a beautiful play, Retailleau!\" confirmed Cyril Hanouna. \"Yeah, I don't know if being the first one to draw has a lot of impact on the result,\" responded the listener, sceptical.",
          "ref": "2025 February 13, C.B., “Dégainer son…” : une invitée d’Europe 1 multiplie les allusions sexuelles, la bande de Cyril Hanouna a la réaction attendue:",
          "text": "\"Eh oui, il a fait un beau coup, Retailleau !\" a confirmé Cyril Hanouna. \"Ouais, je ne sais pas si ça a beaucoup d’incidence sur la suite, d’être le premier qui dégaine\", a répondu l’auditrice, septique [sic].",
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        "masculine"
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          "text": "Encore un coup, ce n’est là qu’une présomption, et non pas une preuve.",
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          "ref": "2020 March 1, Maïa Mazaurette, “Peut-on encore être un bon coup ?”, in Le Monde:",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce qu’un bon coup ? Cette question renvoie, sur Google, à 236 000 résultats. Elle est cinq fois plus populaire que « qu’est-ce qu’un bon citoyen ? ». Quand la demande de performance sexuelle se révèle plus forte que la performance républicaine, assiste-t-on à la chute d’une civilisation ?",
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        "(slang) lay"
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      "word": "à coup de"
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    {
      "word": "à coup sûr"
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      "word": "à coups de"
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      "word": "à tous les coups"
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      "word": "accuser le coup"
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      "word": "après coup"
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    {
      "word": "coup bas"
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    {
      "word": "coup dans le nez"
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    {
      "word": "coup de barre"
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    {
      "word": "coup de blues"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de bol"
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    {
      "word": "coup de boule"
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    {
      "word": "coup de bourre"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de chance"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de circuit"
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    {
      "word": "coup de cœur"
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    {
      "word": "coup de coin"
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    {
      "word": "coup de dent"
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    {
      "word": "coup de dents"
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    {
      "word": "coup de feu"
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    {
      "word": "coup de fil"
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    {
      "word": "coup de filet"
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    {
      "word": "coup de force"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de foudre"
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    {
      "word": "coup de fouet"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de froid"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de fusil"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de génie"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de glotte"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de grâce"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de grisou"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de gueule"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de Jarnac"
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    {
      "word": "coup de jeune"
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    {
      "word": "coup de langue"
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    {
      "word": "coup de l’étrier"
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    {
      "word": "coup de main"
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    {
      "word": "coup de maître"
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    {
      "word": "coup de massue"
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    {
      "word": "coup de mou"
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    {
      "word": "coup de pied"
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      "word": "coup de poing"
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      "word": "coup de pompe"
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      "word": "coup de pot"
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    {
      "word": "coup de pouce"
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      "word": "coup de pute"
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      "word": "coup de sang"
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      "word": "coup de semonce"
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      "word": "coup de sifflet final"
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      "word": "coup de soleil"
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      "word": "coup de téléphone"
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      "word": "coup de tête"
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      "word": "coup de théâtre"
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      "word": "coup de vieux"
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      "word": "coup droit"
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      "word": "coup du chapeau"
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      "word": "coup du lapin"
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      "word": "coup du sort"
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      "word": "coup d’éclat"
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      "word": "coup d’envoi"
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    {
      "word": "coup d’épée dans l’eau"
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    {
      "word": "coup d’essai"
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    {
      "word": "coup d’État"
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      "word": "coup d’œil"
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    {
      "word": "coup d’un soir"
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    {
      "word": "coup fourré"
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    {
      "word": "coup franc"
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      "word": "coup monté"
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      "word": "coups et blessures"
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      "word": "dans le coup"
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    {
      "word": "donner un coup de balai"
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    {
      "word": "douze coups de minuit"
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    {
      "word": "du coup"
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      "word": "du premier coup"
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      "word": "d’un seul coup"
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      "word": "en coup de vent"
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    {
      "word": "en deux coups de cuillère à pot"
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      "word": "faire d’une pierre deux coups"
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    {
      "word": "faire les quatre cents coups"
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      "word": "frapper les grands coups"
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      "word": "hors du coup"
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    {
      "word": "marquer le coup"
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      "word": "par à-coups"
    },
    {
      "word": "pour le coup"
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    {
      "word": "prévoir le coup"
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      "word": "retenir ses coups"
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    {
      "word": "rouer de coups"
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    {
      "word": "sans coup férir"
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    {
      "word": "sûr de son coup"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenir le coup"
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      "word": "tirer un coup"
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      "word": "tous les coups sont permis"
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      "word": "tout à coup"
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    {
      "word": "tout d’un coup"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "kupp",
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "kupp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kupp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "kupp",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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              15
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              9,
              13
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              9,
              13
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              7
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              4,
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              20
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          "english": "to give (something) a lick of paint",
          "text": "mettre un coup de peinture",
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      "glosses": [
        "bit (small quantity)"
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          "bit"
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        "masculine"
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      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "to make preparations",
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          "type": "example"
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        "planned action"
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        "masculine"
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          "english": "\"Uh yes, he made a beautiful play, Retailleau!\" confirmed Cyril Hanouna. \"Yeah, I don't know if being the first one to draw has a lot of impact on the result,\" responded the listener, sceptical.",
          "ref": "2025 February 13, C.B., “Dégainer son…” : une invitée d’Europe 1 multiplie les allusions sexuelles, la bande de Cyril Hanouna a la réaction attendue:",
          "text": "\"Eh oui, il a fait un beau coup, Retailleau !\" a confirmé Cyril Hanouna. \"Ouais, je ne sais pas si ça a beaucoup d’incidence sur la suite, d’être le premier qui dégaine\", a répondu l’auditrice, septique [sic].",
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      "glosses": [
        "a short sequence of action within a game; a move or play"
      ],
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          "action",
          "action"
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          "move",
          "move"
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          "play",
          "play"
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        "masculine"
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          "english": "Once again, it is only a presumption, and not proof.",
          "ref": "1895, Léon Gautier, La Chanson de Roland, Alfred Mame et Fils, page 21:",
          "text": "Encore un coup, ce n’est là qu’une présomption, et non pas une preuve.",
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        "a time, a try, an instance"
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          "word": "fois"
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        "masculine"
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          "english": "This bird was the best shag of my life.",
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          "english": "What makes someone a good lay? This question returns 236,000 results on Google. It is five times more popular than \"What makes someone a good citizen?\". When the demand for good sexual performance is stronger than the demand for good citizenship, are we witnessing the fall of civilization?",
          "ref": "2020 March 1, Maïa Mazaurette, “Peut-on encore être un bon coup ?”, in Le Monde:",
          "text": "Qu’est-ce qu’un bon coup ? Cette question renvoie, sur Google, à 236 000 résultats. Elle est cinq fois plus populaire que « qu’est-ce qu’un bon citoyen ? ». Quand la demande de performance sexuelle se révèle plus forte que la performance républicaine, assiste-t-on à la chute d’une civilisation ?",
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        "(slang) lay"
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      "homophone": "cou"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "coud"
    },
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      "homophone": "couds"
    },
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      "homophone": "coups"
    },
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      "homophone": "cous"
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      "homophone": "coût"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
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}

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