kupe

See also: kupë, küpe, kupé, kupě, and kupę

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch coupé (“coupé”), from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Doublet of kup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupe]
• Hyphenation: ku‧pé
• Rhymes: -pe, -e

Noun

kupé (plural kupe-kupe, first-person possessive kupeku, second-person possessive kupemu, third-person possessive kupenya)

1. coupé: the front compartment of a railway carriage.

Related terms

• kup
• kupir
• kupon

 

Further reading

• “kupe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kupe m (definite singular kupeen, indefinite plural kupeer, definite plural kupeene)

1. alternative spelling of kupé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kupe m (definite singular kupeen, indefinite plural kupear, definite plural kupeane)

1. alternative spelling of kupé

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French coupé.

Noun

kupe m (Cyrillic spelling купе)

1. coupé

Noun

kupe (Cyrillic spelling купе)

1. inflection of kupa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swahili

kupe

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

kupe (n class, plural kupe)

1. tick (arthropod)
2. (derogatory) a white-collar worker who depends on the work of others to survive