How do you pronounce copt?

The recorded pronunciation is /kɑpt/.

copt

/kɑpt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: copt
IPA: /kɑpt/

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Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of cop

Obsolete

noun

A member of the Coptic Church.

noun

Any Christian of Egyptian descent.

Example Sentences

"We used to play at "locking up," / When JANE was copt no bribe could save her; / I was the Beak she come before, / And 'twas a month that then I gave her."

Etymology

Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قُبْط, ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ, Αἰγύπτιος, ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑpt/
British English: /kɒpt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Copts (plural)

Derived Forms

Coptology

Phrases

Copt Heath

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