English
Etymology
From counter- + coup.
Noun
countercoup (plural countercoups)
- A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup
2007 May 27, Thomas Fuller, “Thai Security Chief Vows a Tough Stand Against Muslim Separatists”, in New York Times[1]:But amid rumors of countercoups and maneuvering by Mr. Thaksin’s allies, the generals seem to have calculated that they needed his skills.
Translations
Translations
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: tegencoup (nl) m, tegenstaatsgreep m, contracoup m
- Finnish: vastavallankaappaus
- French: please add this translation if you can
- German: Gegenputsch m
- Greek: αντιπραξικόπημα (el) n (antipraxikópima)
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see zamach (pl) m
- Portuguese: contragolpe m
- Russian: контрпереворо́т (ru) m (kontrperevorót)
- Spanish: contragolpe m
- Swedish: motkupp c
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