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".
The duration of Coup de Torchon is 2.13 hours.
The duration of Coup de tête is 1.48 hours.
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'.
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.