FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Couperet

Couperet: Either refers to a large knife (ie meat cleaver) or the blade of a guillotine.  Can be used figuratively, ie “the axe came down.”

As seen in: « Le couperet est tombé tard jeudi soir pour environ 400 étudiants en anthropologie et en sociologie de l’Université de Montréal : huit cours du trimestre d’hiver sont annulés et devront être repris. »

(Translation: “The axe came down late Thursday night for roughly 400 University of Montreal anthropology and sociology students: eight winter trimester courses have been cancelled and will need to be retaken.”)

http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/quebeccanada/education/archives/2012/09/20120907-063443.html

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