copra
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, “skull”). Doublet of kapala.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
copra (countable and uncountable, plural copras)
- The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
- 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
- She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.
Translations[edit]
dried kernel of coconut
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
copra m (plural copras)
- Alternative spelling of coprah
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English copra, from Portuguese, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, “skull”).
Noun[edit]
copra m (genitive singular copra)
- copra (dried kernel of coconut)
Declension[edit]
Declension of copra
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
copra | chopra | gcopra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “copra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “copra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “copra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
copra
- inflection of coprire (“to cover; to heap”):
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, “skull”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: co‧pra
Noun[edit]
copra f (plural copras)
- copra (dried kernel of coconut)
Descendants[edit]
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