One entry found for coup d'état.

Main Entry: coup d'é·tat
Pronunciation: küd-()-tä, küd--
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural coups d'é·tat /-tä(z)/
Etymology: from French coup d'état, literally, "stroke of state (the government)," from coup "blow, stroke" and de "of" and état "state"
: a sudden overthrowing of a government by a small group

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