par à-coups
French, adverb/pa.ʁ‿a.ku/
par à-coups is spelled P-A-R-À-C-O-U-P-S (9 letters). Par à-coups is a French adverb meaning “in fits and starts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Brusquement, itérativement mais sans régularité, de manière saccadée”.
What does par à-coups mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in fits and starts
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Brusquement, itérativement mais sans régularité, de manière saccadée.
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.
How do you pronounce par à-coups?
- /pa.ʁ‿a.ku/
- \pa.ʁ‿a.ku\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to par à-coups
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.