kopeck
English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkopeck (plural kopecks)
- Alternative spelling of kopek
French
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkopeck m (plural kopecks)
- kopek
- (figuratively, chiefly in the negative) a wooden nickel or brass farthing, an iota
- Personne n’aurait misé un kopeck sur eux. ― Nobody would have bet a wooden nickel on them.
Further reading
edit- “kopeck”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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