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