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Coups is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les coups ("blows").
MASCULINEcoups is the plural of coup
les coups — blows
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How do you say coups in French?
How do you pronounce coups in French?
coups is pronounced /le ku/ in French.
Example sentences
Le coup brutal a cassé la vitre.
The brutal blow broke the window.
Ce coup était si fort qu'il a assommé le boxeur.
This blow was so strong that it knocked out the boxer.
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Why is it masculine?
Coups is masculine because it derives from Latin "colpus" (a blow or strike), which was a masculine noun in Latin. This grammatical gender was preserved when the word entered Old French and Modern French. The word is correctly identified as a noun meaning "blow" or "strike."
What is the French word for blows?
The French word for blows is les coups — masculine.
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