coupon French · revision 16026

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1223, Gautier de Coinci}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ku.pɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coupon''' ''m'' (plural coupons)^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Copon'', ''coupon'' (12th–13th century).^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[couper|t=to cut]] with the suffix “-on”.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873) “Couper” is derived from [[coup]], from Vulgar Latin “colpus” (Salic Law), from [[la|colaphus|t=cuff, punch]], from Greek “kolaphos”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gautier de Coinci (about 1223) has it for a piece cut off something;^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005) the 13th century speaks of ''coupons de candelle'', candle ends.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Jehan de Saintré (15th century) has a ''couppon de lance'', a piece of a lance, and Anglo-Norman used it for a slice or a log.^(Littré 1873)^(AND) In 1466 it was the remnant of a bolt of cloth, still sold off as ''coupons''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007) From 1718 it was a slip detached from a counterfoil, especially the coupon of a bearer security, cut off and presented for payment of interest or dividends.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) ''Coupon-réponse'' dates from 1911.^(Petit Robert 2007) English ''coupon'' was borrowed in 1822 for the interest coupon of a bond, Thomas Cook widened it to a ticket in the 1860s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1223 – “A piece cut off”, in Gautier de Coinci.^(TLFi)

+ * 1466 – A remnant of cloth.^(TLFi)

+ * 1718 – A coupon of a security.^(TLFi)

+ * 1762 – In the Académie.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1822 – English ''coupon''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1911 – ''Coupon-réponse''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A remnant (of fabric): ''coupons en solde''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(finance)'' A [[m|en|coupon]] (of a share or bond).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A ticket, voucher: ''coupon de carte de transport''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Coupon-réponse'': a reply coupon.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[couper]]

+ * [[coup]]

+ * [[en|coupon]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}