kupeo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French coupé, ellipsis of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”), past participle of couper (“to cut”). Compare German Coupé, Kupee, Russian купе (kupe), Yiddish קופּ (kup).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [kuˈpeo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ku‧pe‧o

Noun

kupeo (accusative singular kupeon, plural kupeoj, accusative plural kupeojn)

1. coupé (sports car with two seats)

   Ĉu vi vidis ŝin forveturi per tiu nova ruĝa kupeo?

   Did you see her drive away in that new red coupé?

2. compartment (of a train car)

   Synonym: kompartimento