cooper

See also: Cooper

English

Etymology

From coop +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)

Noun

cooper (plural coopers)

1. A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
2. (obsolete) A drink of half stout and half porter.

Translations

craftsman

• Aromanian: dugar m
• Bulgarian: бъчвар m (bǎčvar)
• Catalan: boter m
• Dutch: kuiper (nl)
• Esperanto: barelfaristo
• Estonian: püttsepp, aamissepp
• Finnish: tynnyrintekijä
• French: tonnelier (fr) m
• Georgian: მეკასრე (meḳasre)
• German: Küfer (de) m

• Hungarian: kádár (hu), bodnár (hu), pintér (hu)
• Icelandic: beykir (is) m
• Ido: barelisto (io)
• Italian: bottaio m
• Norwegian: bøkker m
• Polish: bednarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: tanoeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: dogar (ro) m
• Russian: бо́ндарь (ru) m (bóndarʹ), бо́чар (ru) m (bóčar)
• Spanish: tonelero m

Verb

cooper (third-person singular simple present coopers, present participle coopering, simple past and past participle coopered)

1. (now rare) To make and repair barrels etc.

Derived terms

• cooperage
• wine cooper