un coup

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œ̃ ku/

Adverb

un coup

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

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