Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

copper-nickel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: cop-per-nick-el
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of cupronickel and kupfernickel.

Usage

Inflected Forms

copper-nickels (plural)

Questions

What does copper-nickel mean?: cupronickel
Where does copper-nickel come from?: Calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of cupronickel and kupfernickel.

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