coup de poker
French, noun/ku d(ə) pɔ.kɛʁ/
coup de poker is spelled C-O-U-P-D-E-P-O-K-E-R (11 letters). Coup de poker is a French masculine noun meaning “crapshoot, roll of the dice (venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entreprise hasardeuse et inattendue, parfois basée sur le bluff”.
What does coup de poker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrapshoot, roll of the dice (venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entreprise hasardeuse et inattendue, parfois basée sur le bluff.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coup de poker
- coups de poker plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coup de poker?
- /ku d(ə) pɔ.kɛʁ/
- \ku də pɔ.kɛʁ\
- \kud.pɔ.kɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coup de poker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.