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)
- coupé: the front compartment of a railway carriage.
Related terms
- kup
- kupir
- kupon
Further reading
- “kupe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
kupe m (definite singular kupeen, indefinite plural kupeer, definite plural kupeene)
- alternative spelling of kupé
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kupe m (definite singular kupeen, indefinite plural kupear, definite plural kupeane)
- alternative spelling of kupé
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French coupé.
Noun
kupe m (Cyrillic spelling купе)
- coupé
Noun
kupe (Cyrillic spelling купе)
- inflection of kupa:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Swahili
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kupe
Pronunciation
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Noun
kupe (n class, plural kupe)
- tick (arthropod)
- (derogatory) a white-collar worker who depends on the work of others to survive