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|w:Australian English phonology|AusE?||IPAchar|/�k��p.�/||/<tt>"kOp.@</tt>/||k�'p�
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|w:General American|GenAm?||IPAchar|/�k�.p�/||/<tt>"kA.p@`</tt>/||kä'p�r
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Etymology 1
From Middle English coper < Old English coper < Latin cuprum < aes Cyprium'' ('copper ore of Cyprus', a source of good copper).

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
2. countable Something made of copper.
3. The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

#: <table><tr><td>copper colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#BB5836" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

1. countable A copper coin.
2. context|Australian English|UK archaic A large pot used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire.

#: Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath.
#: I explain that socks can�t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink.

Synonyms
(colour): chestnut, russet

Derived terms
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antimonial copper
arsenical copper
barium copper oxide
bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
black copper
black copper ore
blister copper, blistered copper
blanched copper
blue copper
Bungtown copper
Chessy copper
chromated copper arsenate
clear one's coppers
cool one's coppers
copper acetate
copper age
copper arsenate
copper-arsenide
copper-arsenite
copper-beech
copper-bellied snake
copper-belly
Copper Belt
copperbelt
copper belt
copper-bit
copper-blende
copper-bloom
copper-bottom
copper-bottomed
copper-bound
copper-butterfly
copper-cap
copper-captain
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copper carbonate
copper chloride
copper-colic
copper-colored
copper-coloured
copper-cut
copper dichloride
coppered
copper-emerald
copperer
Copper Eskimo
copper-faced
copper-fasten
copper-fastened
copper-finch
copper-foil
copper-glance
copper-green
copperhead
copper-head
copper-headed
copper-hells
copper-hops
copper-Indian
copper indium gallium selenide
coppering
copper-iron
copperise
copperize
copperish
copper-knob
copper loss
copper-man
copper-manganese
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copper-mica
copper-nickel
copper nitrate
coppernob
copper-nose
copper ore
copper oxide
copper phosphide
copper-place
copperplate
copper-powder
copper pyrites
copper-rain
copper schist
copperskin
copper-skinned
copper-slate
coppersmith
copper-smoke
copper-snake
copper-spot
copper sulfate
copper sulphate
copper sulfide
copper sulphide
copper-top
copper-topped
copper uranite
copper-vitriol
copperware
copper-wing
copper-work
copper-works
coppery
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copper-zinc
disulfide of copper
disulphide of copper
dry copper
emerald copper
emerald copper ore
enamelers' copper
enamellers' copper
gold-copper ore
grey copper
grey copper ore
hot coppers
indigo copper
japan copper
large copper
manganese copper
octahedral copper
octahedral copper ore
phosphor copper
purple copper
purple copper ore
pyritous copper
red copper
silver-copper nitrate
sulfate of copper
sulphate of copper
variegated copper
variegated copper ore
velvet copper
velvet copper ore
white copper
yellow copper
yellow copper ore
yttrium barium copper oxide
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Related terms
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copperas
cupr-, cupro-
cuprane
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cuprate
cuprea bark
cupreous
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cupric
cupriferous
cuprite
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cuproid
cuproso-
cuprous
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Slovak: me� f
Slovenian: baker
Spanish: t+|es|cobre|m
Swedish: t+|sv|koppar
Tajik: mis
Tamil: ��ப�ப� (cheppu)
Telugu: రా�ి (raagi)
Thai: THchar|�อ���� (thongdæng)
Turkish: t+|tr|bakır
Ukrainian: мiд� (mid�) f
Uzbek: ми� (mis)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|��ng|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: copor
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trans-top|something made of copper
Albanian: t+|sq|bakërt|xs=Albanian
Crimean Tatar: baqır
Greek: t|el|�άλκινο�|m|sc=Grek (chálkinos)
Portuguese: cúprico
trans-mid
Russian: медн�й|медное изделие (médnoje izdélije) n
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trans-top|colour/color of copper
Albanian: t+|sq|bakërt|xs=Albanian
Czech: m�d�ná f
Dutch: koperkleur
Greek: t|el|�άλκινο|n|sc=Grek (chálkino)
trans-mid
Interlingua: cupro
Portuguese: cobre, cor-de-cobre m
Russian: �ве�а мед�|меди (tsvéta médi) f, медно-к�а�н�й (médno-krásnyj)
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trans-top|copper coin
Albanian: t+|sq|bakër|xs=Albanian
Czech: m��ák m
Greek: t|el|�άλκινο ν�μι�μα|n|sc=Grek (chálkino nómisma)
trans-mid
Russian: медн�й|медна� моне�а (médnaja monéta) f, мед�к m
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trans-top|large pot for hot water
Albanian: t+|sq|bakëre|xs=Albanian
Maori: t-|mi|kapa|xs=Maori
trans-mid
Russian: медн�й ко�елок (médnyj kotelók) m, медн�й го��ок (médnyj goršók) m
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Adjective
en-adj

1. Made of copper.
2. Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

Synonyms
(made of copper):
(having the colour/color of copper): coppery

Translations
trans-top|made of copper
Albanian: t+|sq|bakërt|xs=Albanian
Breton: kouevr, kouevrek
Bulgarian: меден m, медна f, медно n, медни p
Catalan: courenc
Czech: m�d�ný m, m�d�ná f, m�d�né n
Dutch: koperen
Finnish: kuparinen, vaskinen (archaic)
French: t+|fr|cuivré
German: kupfern
trans-mid
Greek: �άλκινο� (khálkinos) m
Interlingua: de cupro, cuprose
Polish: miedziany m, miedziana f, miedziane n
Portuguese: "de cobre", cúprico
Russian: t+|ru|медн�й|trmédnyj|scCyrl
Slovak: medený m, medená f, medené n
Spanish: cobrizo
Telugu: రా�ి (raagi)
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trans-top|having the colour/color of copper
Albanian: t+|sq|bakërt|xs=Albanian
Czech: m�d�ný m, m�d�ná f, m�d�né n
Dutch: koperkleurig
Finnish: kuparinvärinen
trans-mid
Greek: �άλκινο� (khálkinos) m
Portuguese: cobre, cor-de-cobre
Romanian: ar�miu
Russian: медно-к�а�н�й (médno-krásnyj)
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See also
rel-top4|Items relating to subject of copper
anna
azurite
bell metal
bluestone
blue vitriol
Bordeaux mixture
bornite
brass
bronze
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Caboclo
chalcid
chalcanthite
chalcocite
chalcopyrite
chalcosis
chessylite
chrysocolla
covellite
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ferrous sulphate
kipper
lentigohepatic degeneration
malachite
Monel
olivenite
ormolu
patina
peacock ore
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soldo
speculum metal
tombac
verd antique
verdigris
widow�s mite
Wilson's disease
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours
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External links
For more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/cu.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Etymology 2
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Noun
en-noun

1. slang A policeman.

Synonyms
(policeman): See under police officer.

Related terms
cop

Translations
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trans-top|slang: a policeman
French: t+|fr|flic|m
Greek: t|el|μ�ά��ο�|m|sc=Grek (bátsos)
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|tira|m, t+|pt|policial
Russian: поли�ей�кий (politséjskij) m, легав�й (legávyj) m
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