ETYM French, fromL. colaphus a cuff, Greek.
(French) “stroke”; successful action; coup d’état. coup de grâce, finishing blow; fatal blow. coup de main, sudden violent onslaught. coup d’essai, experiment. coup d’état, sudden action whereby government is changed; short revolution, especially bloodless. coup d’oeil, swift survey or glance; what is thus seen. coup de soleil, sunstroke. coup de théâtre, sudden dramatic or sensational action.(Homonym: coo).
A brilliant and notable success. co-up. + prikaži više

(German) rebellion; rising.
A violent seizure of political power, such as Adolf Hitler and Erich von Ludendorff's abortive Munich beer-hall putsch Nov 1923, which attempted to overthrow the Bavarian government. The term is of Swiss–German origin.

ETYM French révolte, Italian rivolta, from rivolto, p. p. from Latin revolvere, revolutum. Related to Revolve.
The act of rebelling; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government.