It's spelled "coup d'etat." It means to overthrow or suddenly change a government or state (ie: "etat"), usually illegally and often in a violent way. From the French, "to successfully execute a strategy involving the state/government."
Josh and Kim want to give the wounded new recruit a coup de grace to put him out of his misery ; however, before they are able to act, other soldiers come and they are unable to shoot the suffering soldier.
# No male issue # Coup de tete # Revolution # Civil War # Conquest
'we are struck by lightning', (meaning 'this is love at first sight')
it sought to undermine their autonomy
Iraq was a Class-A Mandate under British Occupation. In 1923, it was given de jure independence as the Kingdom of Iraq, but was under British control until 1958 when General Qasim launched a coup d'etat.
He staged a successful Coup de tat against the Directory Government...
No, that is not true. Maybe you are mistaking the 9-11- 73 coup de tat in Chile.
The site at http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/index.html gives it a literal translation of: blow of meAnswerDoes not mean anything in french. Maybe it is "écoute-moi" which means "listen to me".Or maybe it's "coup de main", which means "(helping) hand".
Three syllables. However, it is NOT one word, but a French language phrase, of three words, which translates into English as 'Blow( or Strike) of State'. 'Coup' = Blow/Strike/Hit' d' = de = of Etat = State. In effect it means a sudden and often violent change of government in a given country. In everyday language it is often reduced to 'coup'; pronounced as 'coo'.
The duration of Coup de Torchon is 2.13 hours.
The duration of Coup de tête is 1.48 hours.
Coup de Torchon was created on 1981-11-04.
Coup de tête - album - was created in 1994.
Coup de tête was created on 1979-02-14.
Coup de Grâce - novel - was created in 1939.
Coup de Theatre - album - was created in 2004.
Le Coup de lune was created in 1933.