EuroLex/F/Coupé

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  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: coupé - 1. coupé (meaning a car with four seats, two doors and a sloping rear)


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech kupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Danish coupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch coupa ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English coupé carriage: 1834

car: 1908

'meaning 1;

and also a) a closed four-wheel carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver b) the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car c) ballet: an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other d) (in Continental heraldry) party per fess'

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Estonian kupee ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Finnish coupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Coupé, also: Kupee ... 'meaning 1' 'railroad compartment' ...
Hungarian kupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian coupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese only in Brazil: cupê ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak kupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish cupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish kupé ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

Annotations[edit | edit source]

Etymology: from F, originally pp. of couper "to cut (in half)", from early 19c. carrosse coupe "cut-off carriage", a shorter version of the berlin, minus the back seat. First applied to closed two-door automobiles 1908.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com


Information on Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Latvian: divvietīga slēgta automašīna

Lithuanian: dviduris automobilis

Polish: samochód dwudrzwiowy

Portuguese (Portugal): descapotável