coup

Other forms of coup

plural

coups·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coup

What does coup mean?

coup means "a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coup?

coup has 1 syllable: coup. In IPA it is /ˈku/.

What is another word for coup?

Close synonyms include coup d'etat, putsch, takeover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coup a common word?

coup is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coup?

3 words rhyme with coup. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.