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copra

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkɒ.pɹə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K OW1 P R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coconut, coconut meat

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra). Cognate with Tamil கொப்பரை (kopparai), Kuvi କବ୍ରି (kobri), Sanskrit कूर्पस (kūrpasa), Hindi खोपा (khopā).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: lukad — dried kernel of coconut
  • Bulgarian: ко́пра (kópra) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Catalan: copra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mbatra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Czech: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Danish: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Dutch: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Finnish: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • French: coprah — dried kernel of coconut
  • German: Kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Greek: καρυδόψιχα (karydópsicha) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Gujarati: કોપરું (koprũ) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Hebrew: קופרה — dried kernel of coconut
  • Hungarian: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Indonesian: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Irish: copra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Italian: copra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Japanese: コプラ (kopura) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Khmer: ខូប្រា (khoupraa) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Konkani: khobrem — dried kernel of coconut
  • Lithuanian: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Malayalam: കൊപ്ര (kopra) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Marathi: खोबरे (khobre) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Norwegian: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Persian: مغز نارگیل — dried kernel of coconut
  • Polish: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Portuguese: copra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Russian: ко́пра (kópra) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏пра — dried kernel of coconut
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍpra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Spanish: copra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Swahili: nguta — dried kernel of coconut
  • Swedish: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Tagalog: kalibkib — dried kernel of coconut
  • Tagalog: kopra — dried kernel of coconut
  • Tamil: கொப்பரை (kopparai) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Telugu: కొబ్బరి (kobbari) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Ukrainian: копра (kopra) — dried kernel of coconut
  • Waray-Waray: lugit — dried kernel of coconut