cupel

English

Alternative forms

copel, coppel (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupelle, Medieval Latin cūpella, diminutive of Latin cūpa (“cask”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːpəl/

Noun

cupel (plural cupels)

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

Derived terms

cupellation

Translations

a small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead

Armenian: քուրայ (kʿuray)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
French: coupelle (fr) f
Galician: copela (gl) f
German: Treibherd m, Probiertiegel m, Kupelle f
Ido: kupelo (io)

Irish: cupa m
Italian: coppella (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: тиге́ль (ru) m (tigélʹ)
Spanish: copela (es) f
Welsh: ciwpel m, coethlestr m, llestr coethi m

Verb

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

To refine by means of a cupel.

Translations

to refine by means of a cupel

Galician: copelar (gl)
Ido: kupelagar (io)

Italian: coppellare
Welsh: ciwpelu

Anagrams

culpe, pecul, pucel

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