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coppern

UK/ˈkɒp.ən/US/ˈkɑ.pɚn/

coppern adjective: made or consisting of copper; coppery.

Adjective

coppern (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Made or consisting of copper; coppery.
    • Cherokee coppern jewelry
    • "Therefrom Solomon made the copper sea and the pillars and the coppern vessels."1877, Johann Peter Lange, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

Origin of coppern

Inherited from Middle English copren, from Old English cypren (“made of copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kupprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr + *-īn, and/or from Latin cuprīnus, cyprīnus (“made of copper”). By surface analysis, copper + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Dutch koperen (“made of copper”), German kupfern (“made of copper”).

Questions about coppern

What does coppern mean?
Coppern means made or consisting of copper; coppery.
What part of speech is coppern?
Coppern is an adjective.
How do you pronounce coppern?
Coppern is pronounced /ˈkɒp.ən/ (UK).

Words near coppern in the dictionary

  1. copperleaf
  2. copperleafs
  3. copperleaves
  4. copperless
  5. Copperman
  6. coppern
  7. Copperopolis
  8. copperose
  9. copperous
  10. copperplate
  11. copperplated

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