coupe

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UK/kuːp/Canada, US/kup/Australia, New Zealand/kʉːp//kuːˈpeɪ̯/

noun

A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

coupe1

nouncoupe (plural coupes)

plural coupes

  1. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.

    These are champagne glasses, says Peggy. No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says. You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.

    2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Months Later (July 2013)”, in Normal People
  2. An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass.
  3. An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.

coupe2

nouncoupe (plural coupes)

plural coupes

  1. A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
  2. CanadaUSautomotiveA car with two doors and a nonconvertible roof. (variant of coupé)

Coupe3

proper noun

Origin

coupe · noun

  1. Frenchcoupe
  2. Englishcoupe

Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.

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coupe · noun

  1. Frenchcoupé
  2. Frenchcoupé
  3. Englishcoupe

Borrowed from French coupé.

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Translations

Polish coupé
  • coupéTranslations
Spanish cupé
  • cupéTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

coupe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coupe

MLA

“coupe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coupe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coupe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coupe.

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