English-Finnish translations for coup

• vallankaappaus
  Vallankaappaus on vallankaappaus, olkoon se veretön tai ei. Bloodless or not bloodless, a coup is a coup.
  Tämä oli kolmas vallankaappaus vuoden 1992 jälkeen. This was the third coup d'état since 1992.
  Mauritanian tuore vallankaappaus on pettymys. The recent coup in Mauritania is disappointing.

Definition of coup

• A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act
• A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery
• A coup d'état
• A takeover of one group by another
• One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup
• To make a coup

Related words

• couple
• coupon
• uncouple
• coupé
• coupling
• couplet
• recoup
• optocoupler
• photocoupler