coupé

Meaning

Noun

• A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
• A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
• The front part of a French stagecoach.
• A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
• The front compartment of a railway carriage.
• The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.

Origin

• Borrowed from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé), the past participle of couper.