copper

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Copper

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Copper in its natural state.

Chemical element
Cu	Previous: nickel (Ni)
Cu	Next: zinc (Zn)

[edit] Pronunciation

(Australia) enPR: kŏ'pə, IPA: /ˈkɔp.ə/, SAMPA: /"kOp.@/
(UK) enPR: kŏ'pə, IPA: /ˈkɒp.ə/, SAMPA: /"kQp.@/
(US) enPR: kä'pər, IPA: /ˈkɑ.pɚ/, SAMPA: /"kA.p@`/
Audio (US)

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Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English coper, from Old English coper, copor (“copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kupar (“copper”), from Proto-Germanic *kupar, *kuppar, *kupran (“copper”), from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), contraction of Latin (aes) Cyprium (literally “brass of Cyprus”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kupros, “Cyprus”). Cognate with Dutch koper (“copper”), German Kupfer (“copper”), Icelandic kopar (“copper”).

[edit] Noun

copper (countable and uncountable; plural coppers)

(uncountable) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
(countable) Something made of copper.
The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

copper colour:
(countable) A copper coin.
(UK, archaic) 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.
- 1797, Dyeing, article in Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig (editors), Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 6, Part 1 page 207,
  
  When the water in the copper boils, the arsenic and tartar, well pounded, is put into it, and kept boiling till the liquor is reduced to about half.

[edit] Synonyms

(colour): chestnut, russet

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from copper

[edit] Related terms

terms related to copper

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chemical element

Afrikaans: koper
Albanian: bakër
Amuzgo: ndyé
Arabic: نحاس (ar) (nuħās) m.
Armenian: պղինձ (hy) (płinj)
Azeri: mis (az)
Bashkir: баҡыр (baqır)
Basque: kobrea
Belarusian: медзь (medz’)
Bosnian: bakar (bs) m.
Breton: kouevr m.
Bulgarian: мед (med) f., (rarely) бакър (bakằr) {m}
Catalan: coure m., aram m.
Chechen: цӀаста (ċasta)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 銅 (tung4)

Mandarin: 銅, 铜 (tóng)
Chuvash: пăхăр (păxăr)
Cornish: cober
Crimean Tatar: baqır
Croatian: bakar (hr) m.
Czech: měď (cs) f.
Danish: kobber (da)
Dutch: koper (nl) n.
Esperanto: kupro (eo)
Estonian: vask (et)
Faroese: kopar (fo)
Finnish: kupari, vaski (archaic)
French: cuivre (fr) m.
Friulian: ram
Gagauz: bakır
Galician: cobre
Georgian: სპილენძი (ka) (spilendzi)
German: Kupfer (de) n.
Greek: χαλκός (el) (chalkós) m.
Gujarati: તાંબું (tāṁbuṁ)
Hebrew: נְחוֹשֶת (nekhoshet) f.
Hindi: तांबा (tā.nbā)
Hungarian: réz (hu)
Icelandic: eir (is)
Indonesian: tembaga (id)
Interlingua: cupro
Irish: copar (ga)
Italian: rame (it) m.
Japanese: 銅 (どう, dō; あかがね, akagané: "red metal")
Karachay-Balkar: багъыр (bağır), жез (cez), джез (cez)
Kashubian: (kòper)
Kazakh: мыс (mys)
Khakas: чис (çis), пағыр (pağır)
Korean: 구리 (guri), 구리쇠 (gurisoe), 동 (銅, dong), 적금 (赤金, jeokkeum)
Kumyk: багъыр (bağır)

Kyrgyz: мис (ky) (mis)
Latgalian: vars m.
Latin: aes (la) n., cyprum (la) n., cuprum (la) n., aerāmen (la) n.
Latvian: varš m.
Lithuanian: varis (lt)
Luxembourgish: , Koffer (lb) m.
Macedonian: бакар (bakar) m.
Malay: kuprum (ms), tembaga (ms)
Maltese: ram (mt)
Manx: cobbyr
Maori: kapa (mi)
Mongolian: зэс (zes)
Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii
Norwegian: kobber (no)
Ossetian: æрхуы (ærxuy)
Persian: مس (mes)
Polish: miedź (pl) f.
Portuguese: cobre (pt) m.
Punjabi: ਤਾਂਬਾ (tāṁbā)
Romanian: cupru (ro) m., aramă (ro) f.
Romansch: arom (rm) m., irom (rm) m., aram (rm) m.
Russia Buryat: зэд (zed)
Russian: медь (ru) (med’) f., купрум (ru) (kúprum) m.
Sanskrit: ताम्रक (tāmraka)
Scottish Gaelic: copar
Serbian:

Cyrillic: бакар m.

Roman: bakar m.
Shor: чес (çes)
Slovak: meď f.
Slovene: baker (sl)
Southern Altai: јес (ces)
Spanish: cobre (es) m.
Swahili: shaba (sw)
Swedish: koppar (sv) c.
Tajik: мис (tg) (mis)
Tamil: செப்பு (cheppu)
Tatar: baqır (tt)
Telugu: రాగి (raagi)
Thai: ทองแดง (thongdæng)
Turkish: bakır (tr)
Turkmen: mis (tk)
Tuvan: чес (çes), хола (xola)
Ukrainian: мiдь (mid’) f.
Uyghur: مىس (ug)
Uzbek: мис (mis), mis (uz)
Vietnamese: đồng (vi)
Volapük: kuprin (vo)
Welsh: copor
West Frisian: koper
!Xóõ: ǂkxʻái
Yakut: алтан (altan)

something made of copper

Albanian: bakërt (sq)
Bulgarian: бакър (bg) m.
Crimean Tatar: baqır
Persian: مسی (fa) (mesi)

Portuguese: cúprico
Russian: медное изделие (médnoje izdélije) n.
Swahili: shaba (sw)
!Xóõ: ǂkxʻái

colour/color of copper

Albanian: bakërt (sq)
Czech: měděná f.
Dutch: koperkleur
French: cuivré (fr) m.
German: Kupferfarbe (de) f.
Greek: χάλκινο (el) (chálkino) n.

Interlingua: cupro
Luxembourgish: Kofferfaarf (lb) f., Kofferfuarf (lb) f.
Persian: مسی (fa) (mesi)
Portuguese: cobre, cor-de-cobre m.
Russian: цвета меди (tsvéta médi) f., медно-красный (médno-krásnyj)
Swahili: shaba (sw)

copper coin

Albanian: bakër (sq)
Bulgarian: медна монета (bg) f.
Czech: měďák m.
Greek: χάλκινο νόμισμα (el) (chálkino nómisma) n.

Persian: مسین (fa) (mesin)
Russian: медная монета (médnaja monéta) f., медяк m.
Swahili: shaba (sw)

large pot for hot water

Albanian: bakëre (sq)
Maori: kapa (mi)

Russian: медный котелок (médnyj kotelók) m., медный горшок (médnyj goršók) m.
Swahili: shaba (sw)

[edit] Adjective

copper (comparative more copper, superlative most copper)

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

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Translations

made of copper

Albanian: bakërt (sq)
Breton: kouevr, kouevrek
Bulgarian: меден m.
Catalan: courenc
Czech: měděný (cs)
Dutch: koperen (nl)
Esperanto: kupra (eo)
Finnish: kuparinen, vaskinen (archaic)
French: cuivré (fr)
German: kupfern (de)
Greek: χάλκινος (el) (chálkinos) m.

Interlingua: de cupro, cuprose
Persian: مسی (fa) (mesi), مسین (fa) (mesin)
Polish: miedziany (pl)
Portuguese: "de cobre", cúprico
Romansch: d'arom (rm)
Russian: медный (ru) (médnyj)
Slovak: medený (sk)
Spanish: cobrizo (es)
Swahili: shaba (sw)
Telugu: రాగి (raagi)

having the colour/color of copper

Albanian: bakërt (sq)
Czech: měděný (cs)
Dutch: koperkleurig
Finnish: kuparinvärinen
German: kupferfarben (de), kupferfarbig (de)
Greek: χάλκινος (el) (chálkinos) m.

Persian: مسی (fa) (mesi)
Portuguese: cobreado, cor-de-cobre
Romanian: arămiu
Russian: медно-красный (médno-krásnyj)
Swahili: shaba (sw)

[edit] Verb

copper (third-person singular simple present coppers, present participle coppering, simple past and past participle coppered)

To sheathe or coat with copper.

[edit] See also

Items relating to subject of copper

[edit] External links

For more information refer to:

http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=Cu (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

[edit] Etymology 2

From cop (verb) (“to take, capture”) +‎ -er (“agent suffix”)

[edit] Noun

copper (plural coppers)

(slang, law enforcement) A policeman.

[edit] Synonyms

(policeman): police officer, constable, cop

[edit] Related terms

cop

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slang: a policeman

Bulgarian: полицай (bg) m., ченге (bg) n.
French: flic (fr) m., (vulgar , verlan ) keuf (fr) m. (colloquial) poulet (fr) m. (rare , colloquial,slang ) poulaga (fr) m.
German: (derogatory) Bulle (de) m.
Greek: μπάτσος (el) (bátsos) m.
Hungarian: zsaru (hu), hekus (hu)

Italian: agente di polizia (it) m., poliziotto (it)
Portuguese: tira (pt) m., policial (pt)
Russian: полицейский (politséjskij) m., легавый (legávyj) m.
Swahili: shaba (sw)

copper

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