coup fourré
French, noun/ku fu.ʁe/
coup fourré is spelled C-O-U-P-F-O-U-R-R-É (10 letters). Coup fourré is a French masculine noun meaning “counter-thrust where one fencer parries his opponent's thrust and counter attacks in the same maneauver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Situation dans laquelle chacun des deux escrimeurs qui se battent donne un coup et en reçoit un autre en même…”.
What does coup fourré mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecounter-thrust where one fencer parries his opponent's thrust and counter attacks in the same maneauver
- 2
informalmasculinedirty trick, cheap trick, low blow, rotten move, underhand trick
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situation dans laquelle chacun des deux escrimeurs qui se battent donne un coup et en reçoit un autre en même temps. 2. Mauvais offices que deux personnes se rendent mutuellement et en même temps. 3. Ruse déloyale, piège, traîtrise.
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 fourré
- coups fourrés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coup fourré?
- /ku fu.ʁe/
- \ku fu.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.