cops
See also: còps
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒps/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɑps/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɔps/
Audio (AU) (file) - Homophone: copse
- Rhymes: -ɒps
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
cops
- plural of cop
- (slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy:
- "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.
- 1976, Jacques Levy, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Hurricane”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan:
- I saw them leaving,” he says, and he stops / “One of us had better call up the cops” / And so Patty calls the cops / And they arrive on the scene
Translations edit
law enforcement
Verb edit
cops
- third-person singular simple present indicative of cop
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cops
- (UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry:
- It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops […]
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Noun edit
cops
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
cops m
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cōps (genitive cōpis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | cōps | cōpēs | cōpia | ||
Genitive | cōpis | cōpium | |||
Dative | cōpī | cōpibus | |||
Accusative | cōpem | cōps | cōpēs | cōpia | |
Ablative | cōpī | cōpibus | |||
Vocative | cōps | cōpēs | cōpia |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- cops in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “copis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- copis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
Old English edit
Noun edit
cops m
- Alternative form of cosp