EuroLex/F/Coup


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: coup - 1. coup (meaning: brilliantly executed stratagem; a triumph), 2. manoeuvre, blow, stab, stroke

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF colp "to cut, strike", from ML colpus, from VL colapus, from L colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear", from Gk kolaphos "a blow, slap".

coup d'étate: from F, lit. "stroke of the state"

coup de grâce: from F, lit. "stroke of grace"

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Dutch: goede zet

Czech: skvělý tah

Estonian: meisterlik saavutus

Hungarian: tett

Latvian: sekmīgs darījums

Lithuanian: netikėta sėkmė

Polish: przełom

Slovak:	(dobrý) ťah

Slovenian: podvig

Spanish: logro