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copt

noun · verb · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒpt/
  • General-American: /kɑpt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒpt
  • rhymes with -ɑpt
  • homophone: copped

1

noun

Meaning 1

A member of the Coptic Church.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any Christian of Egyptian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of cop

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, obsolete, participle, past

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of the Coptic Church

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Christian

5

noun

Meaning 5

an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Egyptian

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kopt — member of the Coptic Church
  • Albanian: kopte — member of the Coptic Church
  • Arabic: قِبْطِيّ (qibṭiyy) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Arabic: قُبْطِيّ (qubṭiyy) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Armenian: ղպտի (ġpti) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Aromanian: copt — member of the Coptic Church
  • Aromanian: coaptã — member of the Coptic Church
  • Azerbaijani: qibti — member of the Coptic Church
  • Bengali: কিবত (kibot) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Bengali: কিবৎ (kibot) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Catalan: copte — member of the Coptic Church
  • Chinese Mandarin: 科普特人 (Kēpǔtèrén) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Coptic: ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ (NiRem̀nkhēmi ̀ǹKhrēstìanos) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Danish: kopter — member of the Coptic Church
  • Dutch: kopt — member of the Coptic Church
  • Faroese: koptari — member of the Coptic Church
  • Finnish: kopti — member of the Coptic Church
  • French: copte — member of the Coptic Church
  • German: Kopte — member of the Coptic Church
  • German: Koptin — member of the Coptic Church
  • Greek: Κόπτης (Kóptis) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Greek: Κόπτισσα (Kóptissa) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Hebrew: קוֹפְּטִי (koptí) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Hebrew: קוֹפְּטִית (koptít) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Hindi: कॉप्ट (kŏpṭ) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Irish: Coptach — member of the Coptic Church
  • Italian: copto — member of the Coptic Church
  • Macedonian: копт (kopt) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Macedonian: ко́птка (kóptka) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Persian: قبطی (qebti) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Polish: Kopt — member of the Coptic Church
  • Portuguese: copta — member of the Coptic Church
  • Romanian: copt — member of the Coptic Church
  • Romanian: coptă — member of the Coptic Church
  • Russian: копт (kopt) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Russian: ко́птка (kóptka) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Spanish: copto — member of the Coptic Church
  • Spanish: copta — member of the Coptic Church
  • Swedish: kopt — member of the Coptic Church
  • Swedish: koptiska — member of the Coptic Church
  • Tajik: қибтӣ (qibti) — member of the Coptic Church
  • Turkish: Kıptî — member of the Coptic Church
  • Uzbek: qibtiy — member of the Coptic Church
  • Volapük: koptan — member of the Coptic Church
  • Volapük: hikoptan — member of the Coptic Church
  • Volapük: jikoptan — member of the Coptic Church