copula

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpjʊlə/
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• UK: /ˈkɒpjələ/
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• US: /ˈkɑpjələ/
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• US: /ˈkɔpjələ/
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• rhymes with -ɒpjələ
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Borrowed from Latin cōpula (“connection, linking of words”), from co- (“together”) + apere (“fasten”). Doublet of couple.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kopulë — grammar: linking kind of word
• Arabic: رَابِطَة (rābiṭa) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Arabic: رَابِط (rābiṭ) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Arabic: عِمَاد (ʕimād) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Armenian: հանգույց (hanguycʻ) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Belarusian: звя́зка (zvjázka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Belarusian: дзеясло́ў-звя́зка (dzjejaslów-zvjázka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Belarusian: ко́пула (kópula) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Bulgarian: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Bulgarian: ко́пула (kópula) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Chechen: хоттам (xottam) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Chinese Mandarin: 係詞 /系词 (xìcí) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Chinese Mandarin: 連詞 /连词 (liáncí) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Chinese Mandarin: 連繫動詞 /连系动词 (liánxì dòngcí) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Czech: spona — grammar: linking kind of word
• Danish: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Dutch: koppelwerkwoord — grammar: linking kind of word
• Esperanto: ligverbo — grammar: linking kind of word
• Estonian: koopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Farefare: tɔɣ-kɔpʋla — grammar: linking kind of word
• Farefare: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Finnish: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• French: copule — grammar: linking kind of word
• Georgian: კოპულა (ḳoṗula) — grammar: linking kind of word
• German: Kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• German: Kopulaverb — grammar: linking kind of word
• Greek: συνδετικό ρήμα (syndetikó ríma) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Hebrew: אוֹגֵד (ogéd) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Hindi: योजक (yojak) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Hindi: संयोजक (sãyojak) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Hungarian: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Hungarian: kapcsolóige — grammar: linking kind of word
• Hungarian: kopulatív ige — grammar: linking kind of word
• Icelandic: tengisögn — grammar: linking kind of word
• Indonesian: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Italian: copula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Japanese: 繋辞 (keiji) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Japanese: コピュラ (kopyura) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Japanese: 連辞 (renji) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Japanese: 指定詞 (shiteishi) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Japanese: コプラ (kopura) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Kazakh: жалғаулық (jalğaulyq) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Korean: 계사 (gyesa) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Korean: 코퓰러 (kopyulleo) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Korean: 계합사 (gyehapsa) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Kyrgyz: байламта (baylamta) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Latvian: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Lithuanian: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Macedonian: копула (kopula) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Mongolian: холбоц үйл үг (xolboc üjl üg) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Mongolian: холбоц (xolboc) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Norwegian Bokmål: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Iranian Persian: فِعْلِ رَبْطی (fe'l-e rabti) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Polish: łącznik — grammar: linking kind of word
• Polish: spójka — grammar: linking kind of word
• Portuguese: cópula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Portuguese: verbo de ligação — grammar: linking kind of word
• Romanian: copulă — grammar: linking kind of word
• Russian: свя́зка (svjázka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Russian: ко́пула (kópula) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Russian: глаго́л-свя́зка (glagól-svjázka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏пула — grammar: linking kind of word
• Serbo-Croatian: спо̏на — grammar: linking kind of word
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍpula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍna — grammar: linking kind of word
• Slovak: spona — grammar: linking kind of word
• Slovene: vez — grammar: linking kind of word
• Slovene: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Spanish: cópula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Swedish: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Tagalog: pandiwang pangawing — grammar: linking kind of word
• Tajik: бандак (bandak) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Tatar: бәйлек (bäylek) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Thai: ตัวเชื่อม (dtuua-chʉ̂ʉam) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Thai: สัมพันธกริยา — grammar: linking kind of word
• Turkish: koşaç — grammar: linking kind of word
• Turkish: bildirme eki — grammar: linking kind of word
• Ukrainian: зв'я́зка (zvʺjázka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Ukrainian: дієсло́во-зв'я́зка (dijeslóvo-zvʺjázka) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Ukrainian: ко́пула (kópula) — grammar: linking kind of word
• Uzbek: bogʻlama — grammar: linking kind of word
• Uzbek: feʼl-bogʻlama — grammar: linking kind of word
• Vietnamese: từ liên hệ — grammar: linking kind of word
• Welsh: cyplad — grammar: linking kind of word
• Zazaki: gırek — grammar: linking kind of word
• Zazaki: kopula — grammar: linking kind of word
• Chinese Mandarin: 耦合 (ǒuhé) — statistics: measure of association
• Chinese Mandarin: 關聯結構 /关联结构 (guānliánjiégòu) — statistics: measure of association
• Japanese: コピュラ (kopyura) — statistics: measure of association
• Polish: kopula — statistics: measure of association
• Russian: ко́пула (kópula) — statistics: measure of association
• Spanish: cópula — statistics: measure of association