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coup d'état

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: ko͞o' dā-täʹ
  • US: /ˌku deɪˈtɑ/
  • UK: /ˌkuː deɪˈtɑː/
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noun

Meaning 1

The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coup, putsch

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French coup d'État (literally “strike (or blow or cut) of state”).

Across languages

Translations

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: а́ԥсахра (ápsaxra) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Abkhaz: ахҳәара́ (axḥwará) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Abkhaz: а́арҳәра (áarḥwra) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Afrikaans: staatsgreep — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Albanian: grusht shteti — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Antillean Creole: koudéta — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب (ingilāb) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Armenian: հեղաշրջում (heġašrǰum) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Armenian: պուտչ (putčʻ) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Asturian: golpe d'estáu — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Azerbaijani: dövlət çevrilişi — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Basque: estatu-kolpe — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Belarusian: пераваро́т (pjeravarót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Belarusian: дзяржа́ўны пераваро́т (dzjaržáwny pjeravarót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Belarusian: путч (putč) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Bengali: কুদেতা (kudeta) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Bengali: অভ্যুত্থান (obbhutthan) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Bulgarian: превра́т (prevrát) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Bulgarian: пуч (puč) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Bulgarian: държа́вен превра́т (dǎržáven prevrát) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Burmese: အာဏာသိမ်းမှု (anasim:hmu.) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Catalan: cop d'estat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Chinese Cantonese: 政變 /政变 — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Chinese: 政變 /政变 (chèng-piàn) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政變 /政变 (zhèngbiàn) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦迭打 (kǔdiédǎ) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦迭塔 (kǔdiétǎ) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Corsican: colpu di statu — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Czech: puč — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Czech: převrat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Czech: státní převrat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Danish: statskup — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Dutch: staatsgreep — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Dutch: putsch — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Dutch: coup — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Esperanto: puĉo — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Esperanto: ŝtatrenverso — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Estonian: riigipööre — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Finnish: vallankaappaus — sudden overthrow of a government
  • French: coup d'État — sudden overthrow of a government
  • French: putsch — sudden overthrow of a government
  • West-Frisian: coup d'état — sudden overthrow of a government
  • West-Frisian: steatsgreep — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Galician: golpe de estado — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: გადატრიალება (gadaṭrialeba) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: დამხობა (damxoba) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო გადატრიალება (saxelmc̣ipo gadaṭrialeba) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: სამხედრო გადატრიალება (samxedro gadaṭrialeba) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: ხელისუფლების დამხობა (xelisuplebis damxoba) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: მთავრობის დამხობა (mtavrobis damxoba) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Georgian: პუტჩი (ṗuṭči) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • German: Staatsstreich — sudden overthrow of a government
  • German: Putsch — sudden overthrow of a government
  • German: Coup — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Greek: πραξικόπημα (praxikópima) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Haitian Creole: koudeta — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Hebrew: הֲפִיכָה (hafikhá) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Hebrew: פּוּטְשׁ (putsh) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Hindi: तख़्तापलट (taxtāplaṭ) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Hindi: राज्यविप्लव (rājyaviplav) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Hungarian: államcsíny — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Hungarian: puccs — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Icelandic: valdarán — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Icelandic: hallarbylting — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Icelandic: ríkisbylting — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Indonesian: kudeta — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Italian: colpo di stato — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Italian: golpe — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Japanese: クーデター (kūdetā) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Japanese: 政変 (seihen) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • S'gaw Karen: တၢ်ဟံးဆူၣ်ကီၢ်တၢ်စိကမီၤ (ta̱ heë hsoò kaw̱ ta̱ soh ka maw̄) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Kazakh: мемлекеттік төңкеріс (memlekettık töñkerıs) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Khmer: រដ្ឋប្រហារ (rŏət prɑɑhaa) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Korean: 쿠데타 (kudeta) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Korean: 정변 (jeongbyeon) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Northern Kurdish: derbeya leşkerî — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Northern Kurdish: kudeta — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Northern Kurdish: derbe — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Kyrgyz: мамлекеттик төңкөрүш (mamlekettik töŋkörüş) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Lao: ລັດຖະປະຫານ (lat tha pa hān) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Lao: ລັດປະຫານ (lat pa hān) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Lao: ຣັຖປະຫານ (rat pa hān) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Latin: eversio reipublicae — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Latin: interceptio regiminis — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Latvian: valsts apvērsums — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Latvian: pučs — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Lithuanian: valstybės perversmas — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Lithuanian: pučas — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Macedonian: државен удар (državen udar) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Macedonian: пуч (puč) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Macedonian: преврат (prevrat) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Malay: rampasan kuasa — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Malay: کوديتا — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Malay: کوڤ — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Māori: upokotaua — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Mongolian: төрийн эргэлт (töriin ergelt) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statskupp — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: statskupp — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Occitan: còp d'estat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Pashto: کودتا (kudetā) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Iranian Persian: کودِتا (kudetâ) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Polish: zamach stanu — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Polish: przewrót — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Polish: pucz — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Portuguese: golpe de estado — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Romanian: lovitură de stat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Romanian: puci — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Russian: переворо́т (perevorót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Russian: путч (putč) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Russian: госуда́рственный переворо́т (gosudárstvennyj perevorót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Russian: госпереворо́т (gosperevorót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏вра̄т — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу̏ч — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Serbo-Croatian: др̀жа̄внӣ у̏да̄р — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅvrāt — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȕč — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Serbo-Croatian: dr̀žāvnī ȕdār — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Slovak: štátny prevrat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Slovak: puč — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Slovak: prevrat — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Slovene: držávni udár — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Slovene: púč — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Spanish: golpe de estado — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Spanish: golpismo — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Swahili: mapinduzi ya serikali — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Swedish: statskupp — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Swedish: kudeta — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Tagalog: kudeta — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Tajik: табаддулоти давлатӣ (tabaddulot-i davlati) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Tamil: இராணுவப் புரட்சி (irāṇuvap puraṭci) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Tatar: дәүләт түнтәрелеше (däwlät tüntäreleşe) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Thai: รัฐประหาร (rát-tà-bprà-hǎan) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Tibetan: སྲིད་དབང་བཙན་འཕྲོག (srid dbang btsan 'phrog) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Tigrinya: ዕልዋ መንግስቲ (ʿəlwa mängəsti) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Turkish: darbe — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Turkish: askerî darbe — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Turkmen: döwlet agdarylyşygy — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Ukrainian: переворо́т (perevorót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Ukrainian: держа́вний переворо́т (deržávnyj perevorót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Ukrainian: путч (putč) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Ukrainian: держпереворо́т (deržperevorót) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Urdu: مُسَلَّح بَغاوَت (musallah baġāvat) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Urdu: بَغاوَت (baġāvat) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Uzbek: davlat toʻntarilishi — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Vietnamese: chính biến — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Vietnamese: đảo chính — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Welsh: cipiad awdurdod — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Welsh: gwrthryfel — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Yiddish: איבערקערעניש (iberkerenish) — sudden overthrow of a government
  • Yiddish: פּוטש (putsh) — sudden overthrow of a government