Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: cop-er
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who copes.

noun

A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

British usage

verb

To supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.

British usage

noun

Alternative form of couper (“a dealer in animals”).

Example Sentences

"And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French couperder. English cope Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coper From cope + -er.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

copers (plural) cooper (alternative) copers (present, singular) copering (participle, present) copered (participle, past) copered (past)

Derived Forms

noncoper

Questions

What does coper mean?: One who copes.
Where does coper come from?: Etymology tree Old French couperder. English cope Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coper From cope + -er.

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