coup
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kup/
noun
Definitions
- A coup, a coup d'état, a putsch.
- A coup, a quick, surprising, brilliant move or action.
Etymology
Borrowed from French coup (strike, blow, hit) derived from Old French colp derived from Latin *colpus, colaphus (cuff, blow, box on the ear, a cuff, blow with the fist) derived from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (slap, blow, a blow, smack).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόλαφος
Gloss
slap, blow, a blow, smack
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- count coup English
- coup English
- *colpaticium Latin
- *colpus Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *cŏlǒpus Latin
- colaphus Latin
- colpus Latin
- Coup German
- colpo Italian
- contracoup Dutch, Flemish
- couppleger Dutch, Flemish
- plegen Dutch, Flemish
- tegen Dutch, Flemish
- tegencoup Dutch, Flemish
- beaucoup French
- coup French
- κόλαφος Ancient Greek
- κόλᾰφος Ancient Greek
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- kupp Norwegian Bokmål
- kupp Swedish
- kupp Norwegian Nynorsk
- kup Danish
- colp Old French
- coper Old French
- κόλαφος Greek (modern)
- co Norman
- colbe Old Portuguese
- golpe Asturian
- colp Old Occitan
- colpe Old Spanish