kopeck
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kopeck (plural kopecks)
- Alternative spelling of kopek
French
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kopeck m (plural kopecks)
- kopek
- (figuratively, chiefly in the negative) a wooden nickel or brass farthing, an iota
- Personne n’aurait misé un kopeck sur eux. ― Nobody would have bet a wooden nickel on them.
Further reading
[edit]- “kopeck”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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