coup en flèche
French, noun/ku ɑ̃ flɛʃ/
coup en flèche is spelled C-O-U-P-E-N-F-L-È-C-H-E (12 letters). Coup en flèche is a French masculine noun meaning “line drive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Balle frappée avec force qui suit une trajectoire tendue et quasiment horizontale”.
What does coup en flèche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineline drive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Balle frappée avec force qui suit une trajectoire tendue et quasiment horizontale.
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 en flèche
- coups en flèche plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coup en flèche?
- /ku ɑ̃ flɛʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.