Grammatical class

Noun

couperet

cleaver, butchers' knife; (figurative) axe

Details

Syllables

cou-pe-ret

Phonetics

ku.pə.ʁɛ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

17537

Freq. (movies)

28567

Freq. (news)

15232

Sentences

Un match couperet

A match in the knock-out stages

B1

Pour éviter le couperet, l’ENA a tenté de se moderniser [title]

To avoid the axe, the ENA tried to modernize

C1