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couper le cordon: to cut the cord, to cut the umbilical cord, to cut the apron strings
couper le souffle: to take (someone's) breath away
couper les ailes: to clip the wings
couper les cheveux en quatre: to split hairs
couper les ponts: to burn one's bridges; to cut ties
couper les vivres: to stop supporting (someone) financially, to cut (someone's) funding, to cut off
couperet: cleaver, butchers' knife; (figurative) axe; knockout (match)
couperose: sulfate (salt of sulfuric acid); rosacea (chronic condition)
couperosé: blotchy
coupette: small cup
coupeur: cutter (person or thing that cuts)
couplage: coupling
couple: an accessory used to tightly attach two animals next to each other by the neck; a pair of something; a couple of something, not to be mistaken as a few
couple: two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship; a force couple; a pure moment; an ordered pair
couple produit-marché: product-market fit
couplement: coupling
coupler: to couple
couplet: verse; couplet
coupletier: rhymester
coupleur: coupler; linker
coupole: cupola
coupon: coupon (certificate of interest due); an oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.
coups et blessures: assault and battery, battery
coupure: the act or result of cutting; a cut; interruption; power cut, blackout; cutting, cut out, clipping; bill, a piece of paper money
coupure de Dedekind: Dedekind cut
coupure de courant: power cut, blackout
coupé: divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess; said of an escutcheon
coupé: coupé (car)
coupé-cabriolet: retractable hardtop
cour: courtyard,; backyard; court (of law); court; following (of a celebrity etc.)
cour d'appel: appellate court, court of appeals (court having jurisdiction to hear appeals)
cour d'assises: circuit court, Crown Court, court of assize (criminal trial court with jurisdiction to hear cases involving defendants accused of felonies, meaning crimes)
cour d'honneur: cour d'honneur
cour de cassation: court of cassation
cour de récré: clipping of cour de récréation
cour de récréation: schoolyard, school playground (open-air space on a school campus where children can play)
cour des comptes: court of auditors, court of audit
cour des grands: the big boys
cour des miracles: ill-famed slum
cour du roi Pétaud: bedlam (place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails)
cour suprême: supreme court
courage: courage
courage: chin up! keep going! take heart!
courageusement: bravely, courageously, boldly
courageux: courageous, brave, daring
courageux mais pas téméraire: none too brave, rather cowardly
courailler: to search for sexual encounters
courailleux: one who searches for sexual encounters
couramment: fluently; usually, commonly
courant: current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
courant: current, present; fluent; common
courant alternatif: alternating current; domestic electricity supply
courant astatique: synonym of courant alternatif
courant continu: direct current
courant d'air: through-draught, draft (current of air)
courant de Foucault: eddy current
courant de pensée: school of thought
courant parasite: stray voltage
courant vagabond: stray voltage
courant électrique: electric current