copra
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)