adj
Meaning 1
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: copperish
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coppery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpəɹi/
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General-American: /ˈkɑpəɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 P ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an especially coppery grade of brass
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
of something having the color of copper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: copper colored
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English copper Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English coppery From copper + -y.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: cuivré — resembling the metal copper
- German: kupferig — resembling the metal copper
- Italian: ramato — resembling the metal copper
- Macedonian: бака́рлија (bakárlija) — resembling the metal copper
- Turkish: bakır rengi — resembling the metal copper
- Turkish: bakırsı — resembling the metal copper
- Turkish: bakırımsı — resembling the metal copper