Meaning of "copper" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COPPER

Old English coper, from Latin Cyprium aes Cyprian metal, from Greek Kupris Cyprus.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF COPPER

copper  [ˈkɒpə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COPPER

Copper 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 copper in English.

WHAT DOES COPPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys. The metal and its alloys have been used for thousands of years. In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of the name of the metal as сyprium, later shortened to сuprum. Its compounds are commonly encountered as copper salts, which often impart blue or green colors to minerals such as azurite and turquoise and have been widely used historically as pigments. Architectural structures built with copper corrode to give green verdigris. Decorative art prominently features copper, both by itself and as part of pigments. Copper is essential to all living organisms as a trace dietary mineral because it is a key constituent of the respiratory enzyme complex cytochrome c oxidase.

Definition of copper in the English dictionary

The first definition of copper in the dictionary is a malleable ductile reddish metallic element occurring as the free metal, copper glance, and copper pyrites: used as an electrical and thermal conductor and in such alloys as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic no: 29; atomic wt: 63.546; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 8.96; melting pt: 1084.87±+0.2°C; boiling pt: 2563°C related adjectives cupric cuprous related prefix cupro-. Other definition of copper is the reddish-brown colour of copper. Copper is also any copper or bronze coin.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COPPER

PRESENT

Present

I copper

you copper

he/she/it coppers

we copper

you copper

they copper

Present continuous

I am coppering

you are coppering

he/she/it is coppering

we are coppering

you are coppering

they are coppering

Present perfect

I have coppered

you have coppered

he/she/it has coppered

we have coppered

you have coppered

they have coppered

Present perfect continuous

I have been coppering

you have been coppering

he/she/it has been coppering

we have been coppering

you have been coppering

they have been coppering

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 coppered

you coppered

he/she/it coppered

we coppered

you coppered

they coppered

Past continuous

I was coppering

you were coppering

he/she/it was coppering

we were coppering

you were coppering

they were coppering

Past perfect

I had coppered

you had coppered

he/she/it had coppered

we had coppered

you had coppered

they had coppered

Past perfect continuous

I had been coppering

you had been coppering

he/she/it had been coppering

we had been coppering

you had been coppering

they had been coppering

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

FUTURE

Future

I will copper

you will copper

he/she/it will copper

we will copper

you will copper

they will copper

Future continuous

I will be coppering

you will be coppering

he/she/it will be coppering

we will be coppering

you will be coppering

they will be coppering

Future perfect

I will have coppered

you will have coppered

he/she/it will have coppered

we will have coppered

you will have coppered

they will have coppered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been coppering

you will have been coppering

he/she/it will have been coppering

we will have been coppering

you will have been coppering

they will have been coppering

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would copper

you would copper

he/she/it would copper

we would copper

you would copper

they would copper

Conditional continuous

I would be coppering

you would be coppering

he/she/it would be coppering

we would be coppering

you would be coppering

they would be coppering

Conditional perfect

I would have copper

you would have copper

he/she/it would have copper

we would have copper

you would have copper

they would have copper

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been coppering

you would have been coppering

he/she/it would have been coppering

we would have been coppering

you would have been coppering

they would have been coppering

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you copper
we let´s copper
you copper

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to copper

Past participle

coppered

Present Participle

coppering

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 COPPER

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 铜
• Translator English - Spanish: cobre
• English: copper
• Translator English - Hindi: तांबा
• Translator English - Arabic: نُحَاس
• Translator English - Russian: медь
• Translator English - Portuguese: cobre
• Translator English - Bengali: তামা
• Translator English - French: cuivre
• Translator English - Malay: Tembaga
• Translator English - German: Kupfer
• Translator English - Japanese: 銅
• Translator English - Korean: 구리
• Translator English - Javanese: Tembaga
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đồng đỏ
• Translator English - Tamil: செம்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: तांबे
• Translator English - Turkish: bakır
• Translator English - Italian: rame
• Translator English - Polish: miedź
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мідь
• Translator English - Romanian: cupru
• Translator English - Greek: χαλκός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: koper
• Translator English - Swedish: koppar
• Translator English - Norwegian: kopper

10 QUOTES WITH «COPPER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word copper.

1

Benigno Aquino III

The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.

2

Douglas Brinkley

Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, 'No.'

3

Eric Bristow

The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.

4

Carmen Busquets

My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire. He was very strict and he wanted me to work in the family business - for him, the worst thing was having a daughter who worked in fashion.

5

Sloane Crosley

The Queen of Crafts herself, Martha Stewart, and I have the same birthday. I prefer to think it's the glue-gun wielding, perfect-tart-producing Martha and not the copper pan-throwing, jail-going Martha. But I suppose if I am going to share a calendar square with some of Martha, I have to share it with all of Martha.

6

Paul Davies

The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain life's origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can execute a program.

7

Robert Friedland

We're teaming up with a major Hollywood studio, and we're making a movie called 'Copper.' It's set on Mars in the 24th century. By then we've got 27 billion people in the world, copper is the world's most valuable metal because everything runs on electricity, and there's no more burning of hydrocarbons.

8

Hermann von Helmholtz

Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet.

9

Thomas Hood

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

10

Rumi

Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COPPER»

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

Copper

Copper and his dog Fred enjoy a series of imaginative adventures, from soaring through marvelous worlds to sailing, surfing and shrimp racing, in a collection of new and previously web-posted comics from the creator of the Amulet series.

Kazu Kibuishi, 2010

Copper

Explains the characteristics of copper, where it is found, how it is used by humans, and its relationship to other elements found in the periodic table.

Paula Johanson, 2007

Copper

Explores the history of the useful metal copper and explains its chemistry, its uses, and its importance in our lives.

Richard Beatty, 2001

Copper Sun

Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder, fifteen-year-old Amari has only one thing left of her own -- hope.

Sharon M. Draper, 2012

Copper and Copper Alloys

This handbook is a comprehensive guide to the selection and applications of copper and copper alloys, which constitute one of the largest and most diverse families of engineering materials.

Joseph R. Davis, 2001

Copper: Quest for a Cure

This is the story of how Wilson's disease, a previously rare and fatal inherited disease, was conquered by a series of individual discoveries, leading to highly effective treatments.

John Walshe, 2009

Copper

Describes the uses, properties, and mining sources of copper, and includes interesting facts about copper, such as its ability to conduct electricity.

Salvatore Tocci, 2005

Handbook of Copper Compounds and Applications

Emphasizing the utility of copper-related compounds, this text illustrates the numerous current and potential uses from agricultural bactericides and wood preservatives to colourants and solar cells.

H. Wayne Richardson, 1997

Copper: A Material for the New Millennium

Demand from the automotive sector will also boost consumption of copper in electrical and electronic applications. In 2001 the average copper content of a passenger car was 60lb, compared with under 55lb in 1995.

Nnamdi Anyadike, 2002

Extractive Metallurgy of Copper

Drawing on extensive international industrial consultancies within working plants, this work describes in depth the complete copper production process, starting from both primary and secondary raw materials and ending with rod or billet ...

Mark E. Schlesinger, Matthew J. King, Kathryn C. Sole, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COPPER»

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

Copper sinks to 2009 levels as China worries weigh

Copper prices settled at levels they haven't seen since 2009 and with China's failure to fully stem its equity-market dive, the carnage may be ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

Copper Sinks to Six-Year Low on China Demand Fears

Copper prices plunged to a six-year low on Tuesday after fresh losses in China's stock market amplified investor fears of a faster-than-expected ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Copper Sinks to Six-Year Low

Copper prices plunged to a six-year low on Tuesday after fresh losses in China's stock market amplified investor fears of a faster-than-expected ... «Morningstar.com, Jul 15»

Mongolia's Tugrik Seen Heading for Record Low as Copper Tumbles

Mongolia's tugrik is seen dropping to a record low in the coming weeks as the price of copper, the country's top export, tumbles. The metal has ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

Market Report: Glencore falls to record low as the prices of copper …

The commodities giant Glencore fell 17p to a record low of 230.6p, wiping £2.2bn off its market value, as the prices of copper and iron ore, two ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

China fears crash into gold, copper markets

Copper plummeted to six-year lows and gold took its biggest hit in nearly two months on Tuesday as alarms continue to sound about China's ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Stock Down Amid Slumping Copper Prices

Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was falling to its lowest point since Jan. 30 at $5,428.50 a tonne, according to Reuters. «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»

Cupric to spend $200 mln to build Botswana copper mine

Construction of the mine, which will be built by Cupric's Botswana unit Khoemacau, is set to start in 2016 with the first copper expected to be ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Industrial and Base Metals Fundamental Analysis – July 9, 2015 …

Copper fell again today but not as much as Palladium which tumbled over $16 to 636.00. Copper is trading at 2.443. Commodities overall are ... «FX Empire, Jul 15»

2 Linden men accused of taking copper from vacant home

LINDEN – Two city men have been arrested after they allegedly tried to remove copper piping from a vacant East Blancke Street home on ... «MyCentralJersey.com, Jul 15»