cooper

See also: Cooper

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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.

Translations

craftsman

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

• Hungarian: kádár (hu), bodnár (hu), pintér (hu)
• Italian: bottaio
• Norwegian: bøkker m
• Polish: bednarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: tanoeiro (pt)
• Romanian: dogar (ro) m
• Russian: бондарь (ru) m (bóndar'), бочар (ru) m (bóčar)
• Spanish: tonelero

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