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cupel

/ˈkjuːpəl/

cupel noun: a small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.

Noun

cupel (plural cupels)

  1. A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.

Verb

cupel (third-person singular simple present cupels, present participle (US) cupeling or (UK) cupelling, simple past and past participle (US) cupeled or (UK) cupelled)

  1. To refine or assay using a cupel.
    Synonyms:
    cupellate

cupel meaning in Kannada

cupel in Kannada

ಕ್ಯುಪೆಲ್, ಎಲುಬಿನ ಬೂದಿಯ ಒಳಲೇಪನವಿರುವ ಗಂಗಳ

Synonyms of cupel

Forms of cupel

Noun
pluralcupels
alternative form (obsolete)copel
alternative form (obsolete)coppel
Verb
third-person singular presentcupels
present participle UScupeling
present participle UKcupelling
past participle UScupeled
past UScupeled
past participle UKcupelled
past UKcupelled

Origin of cupel

Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el.

Words formed from cupel

Words that rhyme with cupel

Questions about cupel

What does cupel mean?
Cupel means a small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
What is cupel in Kannada?
Cupel in Kannada is ಕ್ಯುಪೆಲ್, ಎಲುಬಿನ ಬೂದಿಯ ಒಳಲೇಪನವಿರುವ ಗಂಗಳ. See Cupel meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is cupel?
Cupel can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce cupel?
Cupel is pronounced /ˈkjuːpəl/.
What is the plural of cupel?
The plural of cupel is cupels.

Words near cupel in the dictionary

  1. cupcakey
  2. cupcaking
  3. CUPE
  4. cupedid
  5. cupedids
  6. cupel
  7. cupel-dust
  8. cupelation
  9. cupeled
  10. cupeling
  11. cupellate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cupel (page history and authors); cupel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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