Meaning of "coffin" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COFFIN

From Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COFFIN

coffin  [ˈkɒfɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COFFIN

Coffin is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb coffin in English.

WHAT DOES COFFIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coffin

A coffin is a funerary box from the French cofin used in the display and containment of dead people, either for burial or cremation. The word took two different paths, Cofin in Old French originally meaning basket, became Coffin in English and became Couffin in modern French which nowadays means a cradle. Speakers of North American English may make a distinction between coffin and casket. A coffin is generally understood to denote a funerary box having six sides, while a casket generally denotes a four-sided box.

Definition of coffin in the English dictionary

The first definition of coffin in the dictionary is a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. Other definition of coffin is the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone. Coffin is also to place in or as in a coffin.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COFFIN

PRESENT

Present

I coffin

you coffin

he/she/it coffins

we coffin

you coffin

they coffin

Present continuous

I am coffining

you are coffining

he/she/it is coffining

we are coffining

you are coffining

they are coffining

Present perfect

I have coffined

you have coffined

he/she/it has coffined

we have coffined

you have coffined

they have coffined

Present perfect continuous

I have been coffining

you have been coffining

he/she/it has been coffining

we have been coffining

you have been coffining

they have been coffining

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I coffined

you coffined

he/she/it coffined

we coffined

you coffined

they coffined

Past continuous

I was coffining

you were coffining

he/she/it was coffining

we were coffining

you were coffining

they were coffining

Past perfect

I had coffined

you had coffined

he/she/it had coffined

we had coffined

you had coffined

they had coffined

Past perfect continuous

I had been coffining

you had been coffining

he/she/it had been coffining

we had been coffining

you had been coffining

they had been coffining

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will coffin

you will coffin

he/she/it will coffin

we will coffin

you will coffin

they will coffin

Future continuous

I will be coffining

you will be coffining

he/she/it will be coffining

we will be coffining

you will be coffining

they will be coffining

Future perfect

I will have coffined

you will have coffined

he/she/it will have coffined

we will have coffined

you will have coffined

they will have coffined

Future perfect continuous

I will have been coffining

you will have been coffining

he/she/it will have been coffining

we will have been coffining

you will have been coffining

they will have been coffining

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would coffin

you would coffin

he/she/it would coffin

we would coffin

you would coffin

they would coffin

Conditional continuous

I would be coffining

you would be coffining

he/she/it would be coffining

we would be coffining

you would be coffining

they would be coffining

Conditional perfect

I would have coffin

you would have coffin

he/she/it would have coffin

we would have coffin

you would have coffin

they would have coffin

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been coffining

you would have been coffining

he/she/it would have been coffining

we would have been coffining

you would have been coffining

they would have been coffining

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you coffin
we let´s coffin
you coffin

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to coffin

Past participle

coffined

Present Participle

coffining

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF COFFIN

Find out the translation of coffin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of coffin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coffin» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 棺材
• Translator English - Spanish: ataúd
• English: coffin
• Translator English - Hindi: ताबूत
• Translator English - Arabic: تَابُوت
• Translator English - Russian: гроб
• Translator English - Portuguese: caixão
• Translator English - Bengali: শবাধার
• Translator English - French: cercueil
• Translator English - Malay: Keranda
• Translator English - German: Sarg
• Translator English - Japanese: ひつぎ
• Translator English - Korean: 관
• Translator English - Javanese: Peti mati
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quan tài
• Translator English - Tamil: சவப்பெட்டி
• Translator English - Marathi: शवपेटी
• Translator English - Turkish: tabut
• Translator English - Italian: bara
• Translator English - Polish: trumna
• Translator English - Ukrainian: домовина
• Translator English - Romanian: sicriu
• Translator English - Greek: φέρετρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kis
• Translator English - Swedish: kista
• Translator English - Norwegian: likkiste

10 QUOTES WITH «COFFIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word coffin.

1

Emilie Autumn

I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.

2

Joe Baca

Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.

3

Michael Beschloss

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

4

Bertolt Brecht

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

5

Kris Carr

If I let a blue mood run rampant, before I know it I'm obsessing about the color of the satin lining in my coffin - will it match my dress? That's when I feel like Alice in Cancerland falling down the rabbit hole and just have to stop.

6

John Philpot Curran

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

7

Felix Dennis

I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.

8

Matt Frewer

I think the idea is when you're on your death bed to say you did a lot of different, interesting things, not just that you have a more expensive lining in your coffin.

9

Ann Hood

There are so many cruel decisions parents have to make when their child dies. The funeral director requested a sheet for the coffin, and I sent the cozy flannel one, pale blue with happy snowmen, that had just been put away with the winter linens.

10

Tobe Hooper

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COFFIN»

Discover the use of coffin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coffin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Queequeg’s Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American ...

By recovering the literatures and textual practices that were indigenous to the Americas, Brigit Brander Rasmussen re-imagines the colonial conflict as one organized by alternative but equally rich forms of literacy.

Birgit Brander Rasmussen, 2012

Shirtmaking: Developing Skills for Fine Sewing

Features step-by-step instructions for all aspects of making men's and women's shirts, covering the shirtmaker's tools, material, basic patterns, fitting, collars and cuffs, pockets, sewing techniques, and variations of the basic shirt

David Page Coffin, 1998

The Coffin of Heqata: (Cairo JdE 36418) : a Case Study of ...

The coffin published in this book represents a type that had some popularity in southern Upper Egypt in the early Middle Kingdom, but which, despite its extraordinary decoration had not attracted attention so far.

Harco Willems, 1996

Coffin's Overtones of Bel Canto: Phonetic Basis of Artistic ...

Presents in acoustic phonetics, register and musical notation, many exercises that will make the voice stronger and more musical according to the precepts of Bel Canto.

Berton Coffin, 1980

Making Trousers for Men & Women: A Multimedia Sewing Workshop

Comfortable, flattering pants can be challenging to make—but they’re wonderful to wear. In this book, David Coffin provides his inventive, sure-fire methods for getting it right.

David Coffin, 2011

Vertical Coffin: A Shane Scully Novel

A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm.

Stephen J. Cannell, 2010

Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott

"This volume makes widely available for the first time the correspondence of the Quaker activist Lucretia Coffin Mott.

Lucretia Mott, Beverly Wilson Palmer, Holly Byers Ochoa, 2002

Credo

Offering inspiring words on issues ranging from charity and justice, politics, economic issues, the environment, nuclear disarmament, and mortality to the meaning of faith, the church, and a pastor's responsibility.

William Sloane Coffin, 2004

The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys

Fanny McCoy has lived in fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred and revenge.

Ann Rinaldi, 2001

A Reference Grammar of Modern Hebrew

A Reference Gr ammar of Modern Hebrew provides a clearly structured and accessible guide to all aspects of contemporary Hebrew grammar.

Edna Amir Coffin, Shmuel Bolozky, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COFFIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coffin is used in the context of the following news items.

Apple Music: A final nail in the coffin for paid downloads?

In an excellent piece today, Popjustice's Peter Robinson describes how Apple Music has already changed his buying behavior. With Apple ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»

Jon Hamm, director Pierre Coffin talk 'Minions' takeover

The film is directed by Pierre Coffin (both “Despicable Me” films) and Kyle Balda (“Dr. Seuss' The Lorax”) and is something of an origin story. «LA Daily News, Jul 15»

'Put Em In A Coffin' Prank

She is the latest victim of the so called "Put Them In The Coffin" prank that was making its way around social media a few months ago. «WKEF ABC 22, Jul 15»

Coffin: The Confederate Flag

Share It With VPR News. Coffin: The Confederate Flag. By Howard Coffin • 11 hours ago. ShareTwitter Facebook Google+ Email. Listen. Listening... /. 2:58. «Vermont Public Radio, Jul 15»

Carl Thompson Britain's fattest man is laid to rest in double-sized coffin

His coffin - more than twice the size of a regular casket - was driven into the crematorium in a large black private ambulance more than two ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Greece Just Hammered the First Nail in the Coffin of Milton …

Earlier this week Naomi Klein was asked in Twitter whether she thought that what we are seeing in Greece corresponds to the early stages of ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»

Coffin Manufactures to Benefit Many

After realizing that some Batswana are find it hard to bury their loved ones, concerned young citizens established a coffin manufacturing ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

Jim Watt helps carry the coffin of TV host daughter Michelle at her …

Mr Watt helped carry his daughter's white coffin into the church along with Mr Kerr as one of her favourite songs 'The Rose' was played. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Spooky Undertaker Spotted Paddling a Coffin Across Australian Lake

Dressed in a black suit and a top hat, the mysterious stranger rode a stand-up paddle coffin through the thick fog. Not surprisingly, more than a ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»

Birch-Bark Coffin Discovered in Russia's Zeleny Yar

SALEKHARD, RUSSIA—A birch-bark coffin has been removed from Zeleny Yar, a medieval site on the edge of the Siberian Arctic. Similar ... «Archaeology, Jul 15»