Meaning of coup d'état | Babel Free
/ˌku deɪˈtɑ/Definitions
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.
Equivalents
العربية
انقلاب
Ελληνικά
πραξικόπημα
Suomi
vallankaappaus
हिन्दी
तख़्तापलट
Bahasa Indonesia
kudeta
Português
golpe de estado
Svenska
statskupp
ไทย
รัฐประหาร
Examples
“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.”
“The truth of the axiom that there is nothing so successful as success, is more conclusively proved by the Coup d’Etat of Louis Napoleon than by any other event of the period.”
“These documents throw light on many features of the coup d’etat of December 2, 1851, and the plebiscite which followed it.”
“[Chapter] 14. Coup d’Etat”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.