B2adjective · common

copper

cop·per

copper · more copper · most copper

мідний, мідно-червоний

медный, цвета меди, медно-красный

kupfern, küpfern, kupferfarben, kupferfarbig

Made of copperMade of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).

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UK/ˈkɒpə/US/ˈkɑpəɹ/

» Copper and silver are both metals.

И медь, и серебро - металлы.

Мідь та серебро — метали.

Meaning

2 senses

Made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
kupfern, küpfern
ме́дныйmédnyj
мі́днийmídnyj
Having the reddish-brown colour of copper.
kupferfarben, kupferfarbig, kupfern
ме́дно-кра́сныйmédno-krásnyj, цве́та ме́диcvéta médi, ме́дныйmédnyj
мі́днийmídnyj, мі́дно-черво́нийmídno-červónyj

Examples

62 sentences

Copper and silver are both metals.
Мідь та серебро — метали.
ruИ медь, и серебро - металлы.
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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.
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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.
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Copper is a metal.
ruМедь — это металл.
deKupfer ist ein Metall.
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Copper conducts electricity well.
ruМедь хорошо пропускает электричество.
deKupfer leitet Elektrizität gut.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

made of copper:

having the reddish-brown colour of copper:

Русский

By meaning 2

made of copper:

having the reddish-brown colour of copper:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

made of copper:

having the reddish-brown colour of copper:

Origin

The noun is inherited from Middle English coper, copper (“copper ore; copper metal; bronze

The 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.

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Forms

more copper, most copper

Comparative	more copper Lesson
Superlative	most copper Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

coppern coppery copperish

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form