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coup de gras

English translation: coup de grâce

12:16 Mar 24, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Other
French term or phrase: coup de gras
I really do not know what coup de gras means. I've heard it all my life, but don't know. Could you help?
Shannon Symons
English translation:coup de grâce
Explanation:
It's spelt "coup de grâce" and means a decisive finishing blow, act, or event.

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-03-24 12:20:33 GMT)
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Literally it means \"stroke of mercy\" and is also used to mean \"a deathblow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded\" (Merriam Websters).
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coup de grâce
coup de grâce


Explanation:
It's spelt "coup de grâce" and means a decisive finishing blow, act, or event.

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-03-24 12:20:33 GMT)
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Literally it means \"stroke of mercy\" and is also used to mean \"a deathblow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded\" (Merriam Websters).

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pasquale Capo: final blow in common parlance...
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agree  Paul Stevens
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agree  writeaway: in every dico, once you get the spelling right
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agree  MurielP (X)
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agree  Hacene: in the UK, still used as "coup de grâce"
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agree  Aoife Kennedy
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agree  Robert Schlarb: since marijuana is seldom lethal, your interpretation is probably correct
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agree  Karin Dyson
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agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
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agree  Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
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agree  Marian Greenfield
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agree  Emmanouil Tyrakis
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agree  Aisha Maniar
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agree  Kristina Thorne
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  verbis
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agree  Will Matter: mit RS :)
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agree  sktrans
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agree  NancyLynn: ha-ha Robert but this is definitely it, Ian
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agree  RHELLER: mercy, mercy :-)
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agree  Maria Karra
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agree  EJP
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agree  necrinomicon: I'm pretty sure "spelt" is spelt "s-p-e-l-l-e-d". "Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop..."
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