• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: coupe - 1. beaker, tumbler, goblet; 2. cup; 3. bowl; 4. [textil.] cut; 5. [ling.] break


(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
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English coupe wicker basket: 1375–1425;

current senses: 1890–95

'meaning 3, especially for a dessert of ice cream or fruit-flavoured ice;

and also: a) ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc. b) any rimless plate c) variant of coupé (car)'

'wicker basket, tub, cask' http://dictionary.reference.com/
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
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German Coupe ... 'meaning 2;

and also: sundae'

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Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian coppa ... 'meaning 3, especially for ice cream' '...' ...
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Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese cupê ... 'meaning 3, especially for ice cream' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish copa ... 'meaning 3, especially for ice cream' '...' ...
Swedish glasscoupe ... 'meaning 3, especially for ice cream' '...' ...

Annotations edit

Etymology: ME < AF co(u)pe, OF coupe < LL cuppa, L cūpa "cask, tub, barrel"

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/


Information on Other Languages edit

Danish: portionsglas

Dutch: sorbet(glas)