coupez

Coupez is the second-person plural present tense and the formal second-person singular imperative form of the French verb couper, meaning to cut. As a form, it can express a simple statement (“you cut”) or a command (“cut!”), depending on context and punctuation.

In cooking and food preparation, couper appears in recipes and instructions to tell a cook to divide ingredients, for example “Coupez les tomates en dés.” In film, theatre, and media production, “Coupez!” is the director’s command to stop filming, and phrases like “on coupe la scène” appear in production notes. In editing and audio work, the verb describes removing or trimming content, with the imperative form used in directive language to indicate where a cut should be made.

Etymology: cou pez derives from Old French couper, with cognates in related Romance languages. The form cou pez is a standard verb form in modern French and does not function as a standalone noun. While it can appear in a variety of strings in written text, its primary role is as a grammatical verb form rather than a name or title.

See also: couper, coupé, coupure.