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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, “skull”). Doublet of kapala.
Pronunciation
Noun
copra (countable and uncountable, plural copras)
- The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.
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French
Noun
copra m (plural copras)
- Alternative spelling of coprah
Irish
Etymology
From English copra, from Portuguese, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, “skull”).
Noun
copra m (genitive singular copra)
- copra (dried kernel of coconut)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Eclipsis
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copra
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chopra
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gcopra
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “copra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “copra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “copra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian
Verb
copra
- inflection of coprire (“to cover; to heap”):
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, “skull”).
Pronunciation
Noun
copra f (plural copras)
- copra (dried kernel of coconut)
Descendants