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kopek

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A kapeyka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kopeck, copeck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Russian monetary unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kapeyka and kopiyka.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Northern Altai: оок акча (ook akča) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Southern Altai: бир акча (bir akča) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Southern Altai: копейка (kopeyka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Arabic: كُوبِيك (kubīk) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Arabic: كُوبِيك (kōpek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Armenian: կոպեկ (kopek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Azerbaijani: qəpik — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Bashkir: тин (tin) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Bulgarian: копе́йка (kopéjka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Buryat: мүнгэн (müngen) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Catalan: copec — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Chechen: кепек (kepek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戈比 (gēbǐ) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • East Circassian: кӏэпейкӏэ (kʼɛpejkʼɛ) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • West Circassian: чапыч (čapəč) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Crimean Tatar: kapik — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Czech: kopejka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Czech: kopějka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Danish: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Dargwa: кепек (kepek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Dutch: kopeke — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Esperanto: kopeko — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Estonian: kopikas — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Finnish: kopeekka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • French: kopeck — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Georgian: კაპიკი (ḳaṗiḳi) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • German: Kopeke — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Greek: καπίκι (kapíki) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Hebrew: קוֹפֵּקָה — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Hindi: कोपेक (kopek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Hungarian: kopejka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Hungarian: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Ingrian: kopekka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Italian: copeco — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Italian: copeca — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Japanese: コペイカ (kopeika) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Kalmyk: деншг (denşg) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Kazakh: тиын (tiyn) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Korean: 코페이카 (kopeika) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Kumyk: кепек (kepek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Northern Kurdish: kapêk — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Kyrgyz: тыйын (tıyın) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Lak: кӏапӏик (kʼapʼik) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Latvian: kapeika — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Lithuanian: kapeika — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Macedonian: копејка (kopejka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Mongolian: копейк (kopejk) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Ossetian: капекк (kapekk) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Pashto: کوپېک (kopék) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Persian: کوپک (kopek) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Polish: kopiejka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Portuguese: copeque — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Romanian: copeică — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Serbo-Croatian: копејка — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Serbo-Croatian: kopejka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Slovak: kopejka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Slovene: kopejka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Spanish: copeca — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Spanish: cópec — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Spanish: kópek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Swedish: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Tagalog: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Tajik: тин (tin) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Tatar: тиен (tiyen) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Turkish: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Turkish: kopeyka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Turkish: kapik — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Turkmen: teňňe — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Turkmen: köpük — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Udmurt: копейка (kopejka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Ukrainian: копі́йка (kopíjka) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Uyghur: تىيىن (tiyin) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Uzbek: tiyin — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Uzbek: kopeyka — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Vietnamese: cô pêch — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Vietnamese: cô-pêch — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Vietnamese: côpêch — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Volapük: kopek — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Yakut: харчы (qarčï) — one-hundredth of a ruble
  • Yiddish: קאָפּעקע (kopeke) — one-hundredth of a ruble