coup du sort
French, noun/ku dy sɔʁ/
coup du sort is spelled C-O-U-P-D-U-S-O-R-T (10 letters). Coup du sort is a French masculine noun meaning “twist of fate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does coup du sort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetwist of fate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of coup du sort
- coups du sort plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coup du sort?
- /ku dy sɔʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.