coup d'etat

Inflections of 'coup d'état' (n): npl: coups d'état

Principales traductions
Anglais		Français
coup d'état, plural: coups d'état n	Gallicism (violent seizure of power)	coup d'État nm
	The President of Egypt was ousted in a coup d'état in 2013.

Principales traductions
Anglais		Français
coup n	Gallicism, abbreviation (coup d'état)	coup d'État nm
	The opposition faction staged a coup, unseating the elected president.
	L'opposition a manigancé un coup d'État pour faire perdre son siège au président.
coup n	figurative (success, great achievement)	joli coup nm
		beau coup nm
	Getting the famous art gallery to show her work was quite a coup for Claudia!
	Convaincre la célèbre galerie d'art d'exposer ses œuvres est un joli coup pour Claudia !

Formes composées coup \| ~~coup d'etat~~ \| ~~coup d'état~~
Anglais		Français
coup d'essai	Gallicism (first attempt)	coup d'essai nm
coup de foudre n	Gallicism, figurative (love at first sight)	coup de foudre nm
coup de foudre n	Gallicism, figurative (thunderbolt) (figuré)	coup de tonnerre nm
	The announcement was a coup de foudre.
coup de grâce n	figurative, Gallicism (decisive or finishing stroke) (figuré)	coup de grâce nm
coup de grâce n	Gallicism (mercy killing)	coup de grâce nm
	The count delivered the coup de grâce to his wife's lover.
	Le comte a porté le coup de grâce à l'amant de sa femme.
coup de main	Gallicism (surprise attack)	attaque surprise nf
coup de maître	Gallicism (master stroke)	coup de maître nm
coup de poing	Gallicism (stone ax) (outil préhistorique)	coup-de-poing, biface nm
coup de théâtre n	(unexpected event in a play)	coup de théâtre nm
grand coup	(cards: trumping trick) (Bridge)	grand coup nm
military coup n	(military overthrow of government)	coup d'État (militaire) nm
	The president had to flee the country after a successful military coup.
		putsch (militaire) nm
public relations coup n	([sth] that brings good publicity or popularity)	coup médiatique nm
	Finding the lost puppy was a public relations coup for the police department.