coup de pot
French, noun/ku d(ə) po/
coup de pot is spelled C-O-U-P-D-E-P-O-T (9 letters). Coup de pot is a French masculine noun meaning “fluke, lucky break, stroke of luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de coup de chance”.
What does coup de pot mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinefluke, lucky break, stroke of luck
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de coup de chance.
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 pot
- coups de pot plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coup de pot?
- /ku d(ə) po/
- \ku də po\
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 pot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.