Meaning

3 senses
  1. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.

    Kopeke

    копе́йкаkopéjka

    копі́йкаkopíjka

    100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia

  2. A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.

  3. A kapeyka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I don't have a single kopek.

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  2. "99 kopeks," Dima stated proudly. "I need 99 kopeks."

    ru«99 копеек, — гордо заявил Дима. — Мне нужно 99 копеек».

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  3. "But that's ridiculous!" Dima protested. "Kopeks haven't been around in ages! And 0.99 isn't even a natural number!"

    de"Aber das ist doch lächerlich!" protestierte Dima. "Kopeken sind doch schon seit Ewigkeiten nicht mehr im Umlauf! Und 0,99 ist ja noch nicht mal eine natürliche Zahl!"

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  4. She's found out that Zhukov's tobacco costs two rubles, while Faler's is only one ruble ninety kopeks a pound.

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  5. "Dima..." Al-Sayib sighed. "How much is this phone call costing you? I bet you it's more than 99 kopeks, noob..."

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one-hundredth of a ruble:
Русский
By meaning 1
one-hundredth of a ruble:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one-hundredth of a ruble:

Origin

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kapeyka and kopiyka.

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Forms

plural: kopeks

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedkopiyka

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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