coppern
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English copren, from Old English cypren (“made of copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kupar + *-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”).
Adjective edit
coppern (not comparable)
- (archaic or poetic) Made or consisting of copper; coppery.
- 1877, Johann Peter Lange, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures:
- "Therefrom Solomon made the copper sea and the pillars and the coppern vessels."
- 1967, Ssanang Ssetsen, The Bejewelled Summary of the Origin of Khans:
- [...] the ministers, in order to slay him in accordance with the King's command, cut at him with all kinds of swords, but they availed naught and were unable; they put him into a coppern casket and cast him into the Ganges River.
- 2001, T︠S︡eren Korsunkievich Korsunkiev, John Richard Krueger, Ancient Oirat Books about Oriental Medicine:
- […] a schema before them on a coppern (reference) figure of a person with markings of acupuncture points (youli kumiini zuruq).
Translations edit
made of copper — see copper