copal

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish copal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊpəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊp(ə)l/

Noun

copal (countable and uncountable, plural copals)

1. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and , used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.

Derived terms

• Accra copal ()
• Brazilian copal (Hymenaea courbaril)
• Cameroons gum copal ()
• Congo copal ()
• East African copal ()
• East Indian copal ()
• gum-copal ()
• gum copal ()
• kauri copal (Agathis spp.)
• Madagascar copal ()
• Manilla copal (Agathis spp.)
• Niger copal ()
• Sierra Leone copal ()
• Sudan copal ()
• West African copal ()
• West African gum copal ()
• Zanzibar copal ()

 

Translations

tree resin

• French: copal (fr) m
• Italian: copale m
• Portuguese: copal m, goma copal f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: copal (es) m
• Tagalog: kopal

See also

• amber

Anagrams

• placo-

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish copal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pal/

Noun

copal m (uncountable)

1. copal

Further reading

• “copal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈpal/ [koˈpal]

Noun

copal m (uncountable)

1. copal
2. Any of several trees from which copal is extracted.

Descendants

• Czech: kopál
• English: copal
• Finnish: kopaali
• French: copal
• German: Kopal

• Italian: copale
• Japanese: コーパル (kōparu)
• Polish: kopal
• Russian: копал (kopal)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

Anagrams

• copla
• palco
• placo
• polca