coup de maître
\ku də mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“coup de maître” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action, ouvrage par lequel on fait preuve d’une grande habileté, action d’éclat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coup-de-maitre · coup de maître · French
coup de maître · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coup de maître |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku də mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coup de maître is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku də mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action, ouvrage par lequel on fait preuve d’une grande habileté, action d’éclat.".
No misspelling variants are generated for coup de maître in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coup de maître, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-E- -M-A-Î-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Action, ouvrage par lequel on fait preuve d’une grande habileté, action d’éclat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coup de maître appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au point où il en est, un beau mariage serait un coup de maître.
Homme de l'art avant tout, Jomini ne pouvait retenir son impression sur la partie qu'il voyait engagée sous ses yeux, qu'il aurait voulu jouer, et dont il appréciait chaque coup à sa valeur : un coup de maître le transportait ; un coup de mazette le faisait souffrir.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.