Copper

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Table of contents

1 Translingual 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.3.2 Translations 2.4 Adjective 2.4.1 Synonyms 2.4.2 Translations 2.5 Related terms 2.6 See also 2.7 External links

Translingual

• Chemical element: Cu (Atomic Number: 29)
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English

Etymology

From the Latin Cyprius, referring to the the island of Cyprus, a source of good copper.

Pronunciation

• kŏp'ə(r), /ˈkɒpə(r)/, /"kQp@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

copper (uncountable and countable; plural: coppers)

1. (uncountable) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
2. (countable) a thing made of copper.
3. The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
4. (countable) A copper coin.
5. (obsolete/archaic?, UK?, Australia?) A large pot used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire.

   Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath.

   I explain that socks can't be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink.

6. (British, Australia; slang) A policeman.

Synonyms

• (policeman): bobby, cop, rozzer

Translations

chemical element

Afrikaans: koper Albanian: bakër Arabic: نحاس Armenian: (halcumã) Basque: kobrea Belarusian: медзь Bosnian: bakar Breton: kouevr m Bulgarian: мед m Catalan: coure m Chinese Characters: 銅, 铜 Chinese: 銅, 铜 (tóng) Cornish: cober Croatian: bakar Czech: měď Danish: kobber Dutch: koper n Esperanto: kupro Estonian: vask Faroese: kopar Finnish: kupari, vaski (archaic) French: cuivre m Frisian: koper Friulian: ram Galician: cobre Georgian: სპილენძი German: Kupfer n Greek (Modern): χαλκός (halkós), μπακίρι (bakíri) Hebrew: נחושת Hungarian: réz Icelandic: eir Indonesian: tembaga Interlingua: cupro

Irish: copar Italian: rame m Japanese: 銅 (どう, dō) Kashmiri: kòper Kazakh: мыс Latin: cuprum Latvian: varš Lithuanian: varis Luxembourgish: koffer Macedonian: Бакар Malay: kuprum Maltese: ram Manx: cobbyr Mongolian: зэс Norwegian: kobber Polish: miedź f Portuguese: cobre m Romanian: cupru m, aramă f Russian: медь (med') Scottish Gaelic: copar Serbian: Бакар Slovak: meď f Slovenian: baker Spanish: cobre m Swedish: koppar Tajik: mis Thai: ทองแดง Turkish: bakır Ukrainian: мiдь Uzbek: мис Vietnamese: đồng Welsh: copor

something made of copper

colour/color of copper

Dutch: koperkleur Interlingua: cupro (3)

Portuguese: cobre m

copper coin

Greek: δεκάρα (dekára)

large pot for hot water

(slang) a policeman

French: flic m

Greek: αστυφύλακας (astufúlakas)

Adjective

copper (

1. Made of copper.
2. Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

Synonyms

• (made of copper):
• (having the colour/color of copper): coppery

Translations

made of copper

Breton: kouevr, kouevrek Bulgarian: меден m, медна f, медно n, медни pl Catalan: courenc Dutch: koperen Finnish: kuparinen, vaskinen (archaic) French: cuivré

German: kupfern Interlingua: de cupro, cuprose Polish: miedziany m, miedziana f, miedziane n Portuguese: de cobre Russian: медный (medniy) Slovak: medený m, medená f, medené n Spanish: cobrizo

having the colour/color of copper

Dutch: koperkleurig Finnish: kuparinvärinen

Romanian: arămiu

Related terms

• cop
• copper-bottomed
• copper-coloured, copper-colored
• coppery

See also

• Wikipedia article on copper
• Wiktionary list of colours

External links

• For more information refer to:

http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/cu.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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