copper
A reddish-brown metallic chemical element with the atomic number 29A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
» Copper and silver are both metals.
И медь, и серебро - металлы.
Мідь та серебро — метали.
Meaning
14 senses(uncountable)A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
Kupfer
медьmedʹ
мідьmidʹ, купрумkuprum
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
(broadly, uncountable)The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Near-synonyms: chestnut, russet
a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
(broadly, countable)In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
черво́нецčervónec
(broadly, countable, dated)Any of various specialized items made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1), where the use of the metal is either necessary or traditional to the function of the item.
Any of various specialized items made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1), where the use of the metal is either necessary or traditional to the function of the item.
(broadly, countable, dated)A copper mug used for drinking alcoholic beverages.
ча́ркаčárka
(broadly, countable, dated)A copper sheet on which an image or writing is engraved.
медьmedʹ
(broadly, countable, dated)A coin, typically of a small denomination, originally made of copper and now chiefly of other metals such as bronze; specifically, an English or British penny or halfpenny; also, a United States cent; (uncountable) coins made of copper collectively.
A coin, typically of a small denomination, originally made of copper and now chiefly of other metals such as bronze; specifically, an English or British penny or halfpenny; also, a United States cent; (uncountable) coins made of copper collectively.
(US, broadly, countable, dated)In the game of faro: originally a copper coin, now usually a small disc or token, placed on a playing card to indicate that a player bets against that card.
Any of various specialized items made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1), where the use of the metal is either necessary or traditional to the function of the item.
(Australia, UK, broadly, countable, dated)A large pot, originally made of copper but later often of iron, filled with water and heated over a fire for cooking, washing clothes, etc.
Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath.
Socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink.
котёлkotjól, чугу́нčugún, чугуно́кčugunók
(Australia, UK, slang, transitive)A police officer, especially one in uniform.
Bulle
полице́йскийpolicéjskij, лега́выйlegávyj
(US, dated, historical, slang, transitive)Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a private detective or a security guard.
An informer.
(Australia, UK, slang, transitive)A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
Examples
62 sentencesCopper and silver are both metals.
Мідь та серебро — метали.
ruИ медь, и серебро - металлы.
Aluminum doesn't conduct electricity as well as copper.
ruАлюминий проводит электричество не так хорошо, как медь.
deAluminium leitet Elektrizität nicht so gut wie Kupfer.
Aluminum doesn't conduct electricity as well as copper does.
ruАлюминий проводит электричество не так хорошо, как медь.
deAluminium leitet Elektrizität nicht so gut, wie es Kupfer tut.
Copper is a metal.
ruМедь — это металл.
deKupfer ist ein Metall.
Copper conducts electricity well.
ruМедь хорошо пропускает электричество.
deKupfer leitet Elektrizität gut.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is inherited from Middle English coper, copper (“copper ore; copper metal; bronzeThe noun is inherited from Middle English coper, copper (“copper ore; copper metal; bronze”), from Old English coper, copor (“copper”), from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), a contraction of Latin aes Cyprium (literally “Cyprian brass or copper”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῠ́προς (Kŭ́pros, “Cyprus”) (a major source of copper during the Near East’s Bronze Age), from the name of a Northwest Semitic goddess from the root כ־ב־ר/ك ب ر (k b r) (“related to being big, large; great; or old”). Doublet of kobo.
The noun is probably derived from cop (“(informal, dated) to arrest or capture (someone)”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns), although cop is attested slightly later.
From cop (“ball of thread wound on to a spindle in a spinning machine”) + -er (suffix denoting things relating to the words to which the suffix is attached to).
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Forms
plural: coppersSynonyms
87 synonyms- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper:copper color
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor:Cuatomic number 29
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman:bullcopfuzzpig
Word family
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