copte

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Pronunciation

Adjective

copte (feminine copta, masculine and feminine plural coptes)

  1. Coptic

Noun

copte m (plural coptes, feminine copta)

  1. Copt

Noun

copte m (uncountable)

  1. Coptic (language)

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic قُفْط, قُبْط (“Copts”), from قُفْطِيّ (“Coptic”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ. More at Copt, Egypt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔpt/
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Noun

copte m (plural coptes)

  1. Copt (Egyptian Christian person)

Noun

copte m (uncountable)

  1. the Coptic language

Adjective

copte (plural coptes)

  1. Coptic

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

copte f pl

  1. feminine plural of copto

Latin

Adjective

copte

  1. vocative masculine singular of coptus
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