coper

See also: côper

English

Etymology 1

cope +‎ -er

Noun

coper (plural copers)

  1. One who copes.
    • 2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress (page 244)
      And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

coper (plural copers)

  1. (Britain) A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English copor, from Proto-Germanic *kuprą; from Late Latin cuprum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔpər/, /ˈkɔːpər/

Noun

coper (uncountable)

  1. copper (element and metal)
  2. bronze (alloy containing copper)

Descendants

References

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp, from Vulgar Latin *colpus (“stroke”), from Latin colaphus.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

coper (gerund cop'sie)

  1. (Jersey) to cut

Derived terms

See also

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

cop +‎ -er, with cop deriving from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from colaphus; it may corresponding to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre, syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus (compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from caput (“head”), although this is unlikely.

Verb

coper

  1. to cut

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ps, *-pt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of coper (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive coper avoir copé
gerund en copant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle copant
past participle copé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present cop copes cope copons copez copent
imperfect copoie, copeie, copoe, copeve copoies, copeies, copoes, copeves copoit, copeit, copot, copeve copiiens, copiens copiiez, copiez copoient, copeient, copoent, copevent
preterite copai copas copa copames copastes coperent
future coperai coperas copera coperons coperoiz, copereiz, coperez coperont
conditional coperoie, copereie coperoies, copereies coperoit, copereit coperiiens, coperiens coperiiez, coperiez coperoient, copereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present cop cos cot copons copez copent
imperfect copasse copasses copast copissons, copissiens copissoiz, copissez, copissiez copassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— cope — copons copez —

Descendants
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