Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coop

/ˈkoʊ.ɑp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
co-op
IPA
/ˈkoʊ.ɑp/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.

noun

A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.

noun

A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.

Slang

noun

A barrel or cask for holding liquids.

Obsolete

noun

An obstacle for a horse to jump over, shaped like an A-frame.

verb

To keep in a coop.

Transitive verb

verb

To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.

Transitive verb

verb

To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

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Etymology

From Middle English cǒupe, cupe, from Old English cȳpe (“basket, cask”) or possibly from Middle Dutch cûpe (compare modern Dutch kuip, Saterland Frisian kupe, Middle Low German kûpe), from Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa (“cask”) (compare Middle Low German kôpe, Old High German chôfa, chuofa, Middle High German kuofe, modern regional German Kufe f (“cask”)), probably from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”) (thus a doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve). However, the Oxford English Dictionary notes that if the word is from Latin, “it is difficult to account for the umlaut in Old English cýpe”.

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Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kup/
  • British English: /kuːp/

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Questions

How do you pronounce coop?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoʊ.ɑp/.
What does coop mean?
A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
Where does coop come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce coop

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