COUPE
What does "COUPE" mean?
A two-door car with a fixed roof and a sloping rear, typically sportier than a sedan.
Meanings
- A closed two-door automobile, usually with a sloping back and a sporty profile. He traded the family sedan for a sleek black coupe.
- A shallow, broad-bowled stemmed glass, traditionally used for champagne or cocktails. The bartender poured the daiquiri into a frosted coupe.
Did you know?
- The car name comes from the French 'carrosse coupe' - literally a 'cut carriage' - a horse-drawn coach shortened to hold a single row of seats.
Word origin
From French 'coupe' (carriage cut short), past participle of 'couper' (to cut), originally a 'carrosse coupe', a shortened carriage with one row of seats.
Remember it
COUPE is French for 'cut' - the car is a sedan with the back seats cut off, and the glass is a bowl cut wide and shallow.
A little poem
Two doors, a roofline carved to a curve-
the road's a sentence; the coupe is the swerve.
couplet
Wordplay
- I bought a two-door car and a wide champagne glass on the same day. The receipt just said 'two coupes'.
What it teaches
Cutting something short can make it sharper; not every design is improved by adding more.
Quick facts
What does COUPE mean?
A two-door car with a fixed roof and a sloping rear, typically sportier than a sedan.
Is COUPE a valid word?
Yes — COUPE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COUPE?
COUPE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does COUPE come from?
From French 'coupe' (carriage cut short), past participle of 'couper' (to cut), originally a 'carrosse coupe', a shortened carriage with one row of seats.
What can COUPE teach us?
Cutting something short can make it sharper; not every design is improved by adding more.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.