koper

From Dutch koper, from Middle Dutch coper, ultimately from Latin cuprum.

• IPA^(key): /koːpər/

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koper (uncountable)

1. copper

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːpər/, (Belgium) , (Netherlands)

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• Hyphenation: ko‧per
• Rhymes: -oːpər

From Middle Dutch coper, ultimately from Latin cuprum.

koper n (uncountable)

1. copper (metal, element)

   De oudheid gebruikte koper al voor het maken van werktuigen en sieraden.

   Ancient civilizations used copper for making tools and jewelry.

   Koper is een essentieel element in vele elektrische apparaten en bedrading.

   Copper is an essential element in many electrical appliances and wiring.

   De kopermijn produceert grote hoeveelheden koper voor de markt.

   The copper mine produces large quantities of copper for the market.

• Afrikaans: koper
• Negerhollands: koper, kopu
• → Lokono: koporo
• → Papiamentu: koper
• → Sranan Tongo: kopro
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kopro
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kopro
  • → Kari'na: kopolo
  • → Saramaccan: koopo

From Middle Dutch coper, copere. Equivalent to kopen +‎ -er.

koper m (plural kopers, diminutive kopertje n)

1. buyer

   De koper was tevreden met zijn aankoop.

   The buyer was satisfied with his purchase.

   De onderhandelingen tussen de verkoper en de koper duurden enkele dagen.

   The negotiations between the seller and the buyer lasted for several days.

   De potentiële koper vroeg om meer informatie over het product.

   The potential buyer asked for more information about the product.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

koper

1. inflection of koperen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• krope, poker

Borrowed from Dutch koffer, from Middle Dutch cofer, couer, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopər/
• Hyphenation: ko‧pêr

kopêr (first-person possessive koperku, second-person possessive kopermu, third-person possessive kopernya)

1. briefcase

• kopor (nonstandard)

• “koper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

koper

1. Alternative form of coper

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

koper

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• Rhymes: -ɔpɛr
• Syllabification: ko‧per
• Homophone: Koper

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koprъ.

koper m inan (diminutive koperek)

1. dill (Anethum)
2. peach fuzz (sparsely grown hair, especially facial hair of a teenager)

Borrowed from German Kupfer.

koper m inan (related adjective koprowy)

1. Synonym of miedź

• koper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• koper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “koper”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304

From Proto-Slavic *koprъ.

• IPA^(key): /kòːpər/, /kɔ̀ːpər/

kọ́pər or kópər m inan

1. dill (herb)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• “koper”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “koper”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references