cophin
English
editNoun
editcophin (plural cophins)
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:cophin.
Verb
editcophin (third-person singular simple present cophins, present participle cophining, simple past and past participle cophined)
Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editcophin m (plural cophins)
- Obsolete form of coffin.
- 1695, Alexandre Morus, Sermons svr les Sections dv Catechisme des Eglises Reformées de France[1], page 69:
- Les Pêres de la chair manquent ſouvent de pouvoir , quand ils ne manqueroient pas de ſageſſe, ni de prévoyance : L’huile défaut dans la cruche , & la farine dans le cophin.
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Further reading
edit- “cophin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
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editcophin
- Alternative form of coffyn