un coup

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œ̃ ku/

Adverb

un coup

  1. (colloquial) used to soften an order
    Passe un coup le sel !
    Would you mind passing the salt ?
  2. (colloquial) once, one time.
    • 1933, Marcel Aymé, La jument verte, Gallimard, 1933, republished [as?] Le Livre de Poche, page 25:
      J’ai eu du chagrin de savoir que ton neveu s’était fait refuser aux postes encore un coup.
      It made me sad to know that your nephew had got himself refused once again in the postal service.

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