coup d'état

See also: coup d'etat, coup de tat, and coup d'État

English

Alternative forms

coup d'etat

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French coup d'État (literally “stroke (or blow) of state”).

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ko͞o' dā-täʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌku deɪˈtɑ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkuː deɪˈtɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

coup d'état (plural coups d'état or coup d'états)

(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
Synonyms: coup, putsch
- 2024 November 21, Tom Phillips, “Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:
  The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a rightwing coup d’état.

Descendants

→ Bengali: কুদেতা (kudeta)
→ Cebuano: kudeta
→ Japanese: クーデター (kūdetā)
→ Korean: 쿠데타 (kudeta)
→ Malay: kudeta / کوديتا
- Indonesian: kudeta
→ Tagalog: kudeta

Translations

sudden overthrow of a government

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
Adyghe: please add this translation if you can
Afrikaans: staatsgreep
Albanian: grusht shteti m
Antillean Creole: koudéta m
Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب (ar) m (inqilāb)
Hijazi Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب m (ingilāb)
Armenian: հեղաշրջում (hy) (heġašrǰum), պուտչ (hy) (putčʻ)
Asturian: golpe d'estáu m
Azerbaijani: dövlət çevrilişi
Basque: estatu-kolpe
Belarusian: пераваро́т m (pjeravarót), дзяржа́ўны пераваро́т m (dzjaržáŭny pjeravarót), путч m (putč)
Bengali: কুদেতা (bn) (kudeta), অভ্যুত্থান (bn) (obbhutthan)
Bulgarian: превра́т (bg) m (prevrát), пуч m (puč), държа́вен превра́т m (dǎržáven prevrát)
Burmese: အာဏာသိမ်းမှု (anasim:hmu.)
Catalan: cop d'estat (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 政變 / 政变 (zing³ bin³)

Hokkien: 政變 / 政变 (chèng-piàn)

Mandarin: 政變 / 政变 (zh) (zhèngbiàn), 苦迭打 (zh) (kǔdiédǎ) (dated)
Corsican: colpu di statu m
Czech: puč (cs) m, převrat m, státní převrat (cs) m
Danish: statskup n
Dutch: staatsgreep (nl) m, putsch (nl) m, coup (nl) m
Esperanto: puĉo, ŝtatrenverso
Estonian: riigipööre
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vallankaappaus (fi)
French: coup d'État (fr) m, putsch (fr) m
Galician: golpe de estado (gl) m
Georgian: გადატრიალება (gadaṭrialeba), დამხობა (damxoba), სახელმწიფო გადატრიალება (saxelmc̣ipo gadaṭrialeba), სამხედრო გადატრიალება (samxedro gadaṭrialeba), ხელისუფლების დამხობა (xelisuplebis damxoba), მთავრობის დამხობა (mtavrobis damxoba), პუტჩი (ṗuṭči)
German: Staatsstreich (de) m, Putsch (de) m, Coup (de) m
Greek: πραξικόπημα (el) n (praxikópima)
Haitian Creole: koudeta m
Hebrew: הֲפִיכָה (he) f (hafikhá), פּוּטְשׁ (he) m (putsh)
Hindi: तख़्तापलट f (taxtāplaṭ), राज्यविप्लव m (rājyaviplav)
Hungarian: államcsíny (hu), puccs (hu)
Icelandic: valdarán, hallarbylting, ríkisbylting
Indonesian: kudeta (id)
Italian: colpo di stato (it) m, golpe (it) m
Japanese: クーデター (ja) (kūdetā), 政変 (ja) (せいへん, seihen)
Kazakh: мемлекеттік төңкеріс (memlekettık töñkerıs)
Khmer: រដ្ឋប្រហារ (rŏət prɑhaa)
Korean: 쿠데타 (ko) (kudeta), 정변(政變) (ko) (jeongbyeon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: derbeya leşkerî, kudeta (ku), derbe (ku)
Kyrgyz: мамлекеттик төңкөрүш (mamlekettik töŋkörüş)
Lao: ລັດຖະປະຫານ (lat tha pa hān), ລັດປະຫານ (lat pa hān), ຣັຖປະຫານ (rat pa hān)
Latin: eversio reipublicae, interceptio regiminis f
Latvian: valsts apvērsums m, pučs m
Lithuanian: valstybės perversmas m, pučas m
Macedonian: државен удар m (državen udar), пуч m (puč), преврат m (prevrat)
Malay: rampasan kuasa
Jawi: کوديتا (ms), کوڤ
Maori: upokotaua
Mongolian:
Mongolian: төрийн эргэлт (töriin ergelt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: statskupp n

Nynorsk: statskupp n
Occitan: còp d'estat m
Pashto: کودتا (kudetā)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کودِتا (kudetâ)
Polish: zamach stanu (pl) m, przewrót (pl) m, pucz (pl) m
Portuguese: golpe de estado (pt) m
Romanian: lovitură de stat (ro) f, puci (ro) n
Russian: переворо́т (ru) m (perevorót), путч (ru) m (putč), госуда́рственный переворо́т m (gosudárstvennyj perevorót), госпереворо́т (ru) m (gosperevorót)
S'gaw Karen: တၢ်ဟံးဆူၣ်ကီၢ်တၢ်စိကမီၤ (ta̱ heë hsoò kaw̱ ta̱ soh ka maw̄)
Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пре̏вра̄т m, пу̏ч m, др̀жа̄внӣ у̏да̄р m

Roman: prȅvrāt (sh) m, pȕč (sh) m, dr̀žāvnī ȕdār m
Slovak: štátny prevrat m, puč m, prevrat m
Slovene: držávni udár m, púč
Spanish: golpe de estado (es) m, golpismo m
Swedish: statskupp (sv) c, kudeta (sv) c
Tagalog: kudeta (tl)
Tajik: табаддулоти давлатӣ (tabaddulot-i davlati)
Tamil: இராணுவப் புரட்சி (irāṇuvap puraṭci)
Tatar: дәүләт түнтәрелеше (däwlät tüntäreleşe)
Thai: รัฐประหาร (th) (rát-tà-bprà-hǎan)
Tibetan: སྲིད་དབང་བཙན་འཕྲོག (srid dbang btsan 'phrog)
Tigrinya: ዕልዋ መንግስቲ (ʿəlwa mängəsti)
Turkish: darbe (tr), askerî darbe
Turkmen: döwlet agdarylyşygy
Ukrainian: переворо́т m (perevorót), держа́вний переворо́т m (deržávnyj perevorót), путч m (putč), держпереворо́т m (deržperevorót)
Urdu: مُسَلَّح بَغاوَت f (musallah baġāvat), بَغاوَت f (baġāvat)
Uzbek: davlat toʻntarilishi
Vietnamese: chính biến (vi), đảo chính (vi)
Welsh: cipiad awdurdod (cy) m, gwrthryfel m
West Frisian: coup d'état, steatsgreep
Yiddish: איבערקערעניש f (iberkerenish), פּוטש m (putsh)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: please add this translation if you can