couper
French
verb
Definitions
- to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever
- to cut off, to keep out
- to dilute (with water)
- (reflexive) to crack
Etymology
Inherited from Old French coper inherited from Latin colaphus (cuff, blow, box on the ear, a cuff, blow with the fist), *cuppāre, caput (head, etc, source).
Origin
Latin
caput
Gloss
head, etc, source
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- capite English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- coupe-gorge English
- coupon English
- recoup English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *colpaticium Latin
- *colpus Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *cŏlǒpus Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- colaphus Latin
- colpus Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- Coupon German
- Kap German
- capa Italian
- caporale Italian
- capriccio Italian
- capote French
- chef French
- coupage French
- coupe-faim French
- coupe-gorge French
- coupe-papier French
- coupe-tifs French
- couperet French
- coupeur French
- coupon French
- coupure French
- entrecouper French
- faim French
- gorge French
- papier French
- recoupement French
- recouper French
- surcouper French
- tif French
- купон Russian
- купю́ра Russian
- купюра Russian
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- autogolpe Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- golpazo Spanish, Castilian
- golpe Spanish, Castilian
- golpecito Spanish, Castilian
- golpismo Spanish, Castilian
- golpista Spanish, Castilian
- paragolpes Spanish, Castilian
- κόλαφος Ancient Greek
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- kupong Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- caput Portuguese
- kupong Swedish
- クーポン Japanese
- kupaż Polish
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- kupong Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- kupon Danish
- caboce Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chief Old French
- cop Old French
- coper Old French
- kupon Serbo-Croatian
- купон Serbo-Croatian
- cupó Catalan, Valencian
- คูปอง Thai
- copaïr Norman
- coper Norman
- купон Bulgarian
- купюр Bulgarian
- купюра Bulgarian
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- acabar Asturian
- colpe Old Spanish
- capa Sicilian
- capitolie xno
- côper Walloon
- kupon Crimean Tatar
- kupüra Crimean Tatar
- capa Tarantino