EuroLex/F/Coupé
- 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' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| 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
editEtymology: 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
editLatvian: divvietīga slēgta automašīna
Lithuanian: dviduris automobilis
Polish: samochód dwudrzwiowy
Portuguese (Portugal): descapotável