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Meaning of "cupel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CUPEL

From French coupelle, diminutive of coupecup.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CUPEL

cupel  [ˈkjuːpəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUPEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cupel 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 cupel in English.

WHAT DOES CUPEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cupel in the English dictionary

The first definition of cupel in the dictionary is a refractory pot in which gold or silver is refined. Other definition of cupel is a small porous bowl made of bone ash in which gold and silver are recovered from a lead button during assaying. Cupel is also to refine by means of cupellation.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CUPEL

PRESENT

Present
I cupel
you cupel
he/she/it cupels
we cupel
you cupel
they cupel
Present continuous
I am cupelling
you are cupelling
he/she/it is cupelling
we are cupelling
you are cupelling
they are cupelling
Present perfect
I have cupelled
you have cupelled
he/she/it has cupelled
we have cupelled
you have cupelled
they have cupelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been cupelling
you have been cupelling
he/she/it has been cupelling
we have been cupelling
you have been cupelling
they have been cupelling
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 cupelled
you cupelled
he/she/it cupelled
we cupelled
you cupelled
they cupelled
Past continuous
I was cupelling
you were cupelling
he/she/it was cupelling
we were cupelling
you were cupelling
they were cupelling
Past perfect
I had cupelled
you had cupelled
he/she/it had cupelled
we had cupelled
you had cupelled
they had cupelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been cupelling
you had been cupelling
he/she/it had been cupelling
we had been cupelling
you had been cupelling
they had been cupelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cupel
you will cupel
he/she/it will cupel
we will cupel
you will cupel
they will cupel
Future continuous
I will be cupelling
you will be cupelling
he/she/it will be cupelling
we will be cupelling
you will be cupelling
they will be cupelling
Future perfect
I will have cupelled
you will have cupelled
he/she/it will have cupelled
we will have cupelled
you will have cupelled
they will have cupelled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cupelling
you will have been cupelling
he/she/it will have been cupelling
we will have been cupelling
you will have been cupelling
they will have been cupelling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cupel
you would cupel
he/she/it would cupel
we would cupel
you would cupel
they would cupel
Conditional continuous
I would be cupelling
you would be cupelling
he/she/it would be cupelling
we would be cupelling
you would be cupelling
they would be cupelling
Conditional perfect
I would have cupel
you would have cupel
he/she/it would have cupel
we would have cupel
you would have cupel
they would have cupel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cupelling
you would have been cupelling
he/she/it would have been cupelling
we would have been cupelling
you would have been cupelling
they would have been cupelling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cupel
we let´s cupel
you cupel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cupel
Past participle
cupelled
Present Participle
cupelling
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUPEL


businesspeople
ˈbɪznɪs ˈpiːpəl
carpal
ˈkɑːpəl
carpel
ˈkɑːpəl
craftspeople
ˈkrɑːftsˌpiːpəl
duple
ˈdjuːpəl
metacarpal
ˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəl
people
ˈpiːpəl
prepupal
priːˈpjuːpəl
pupal
ˈpjuːpəl
pupil
ˈpjuːpəl
purple
ˈpɜːpəl
royal-purple
ˈrɔɪəl ˈpɜːpəl
scruple
ˈskruːpəl
sheeple
ˈʃiːpəl
steeple
ˈstiːpəl
subduple
sʌbˈdjuːpəl
suboctuple
ˌsʌbɒkˈtjuːpəl
townspeople
ˈtaʊnzˌpiːpəl
tradespeople
ˈtreɪdzˌpiːpəl
vorpal
ˈvɔːpəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUPEL

cup
Cup Final
cup size
cup tie
cup-holder
cup-tied
cupbearer
cupboard
cupboard love
cupcake
CUPE
cupeler
cupellation
cupelled
cupeller
cupelling
cupferron
cupful
cupgall
cuphead

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUPEL

appel
chapel
compel
dispel
drupel
estoppel
expel
father of the chapel
gospel
graupel
impel
lapel
mother of the chapel
propel
prosperity gospel
rappel
repel
scalpel
Sistine Chapel
Whitechapel

Synonyms and antonyms of cupel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cupel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUPEL

Find out the translation of cupel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cupel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cupel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灰皿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

copela
570 millions of speakers

English

cupel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cupel
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

cupel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

купель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cupel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cupel
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coupelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cupel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cupel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

灰吹皿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회분 접시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cupel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thử bằng cái dót
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cupel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maden potası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coppella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chrzcielnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

купіль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bazine
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ειδικό κύπελλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toets beker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Funt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cupel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cupel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPEL»

The term «cupel» is regularly used and occupies the 85.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cupel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cupel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cupel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUPEL»

Discover the use of cupel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cupel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mineral Processing Plant Design, Practice and Control
A cupel that fails to "open" is called a "frozen cupel," and a frozen cupel usually results from a cupel's having too thick a layer of material over the lead to get rid of it all, or from a cupel's being too cool. Thus during the entire operation the door is  ...
Andrew L. Mular, Doug N. Halbe, Derek J. Barrett, 2002
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
14-46 024 002 077 003 From slag and cupel 005 Total 1451 (Allen). 1463 1463 I4-53 14-21 1450 From slag and cupel 005 Total 14-55 (Hillebrand). C 15-50 008 0-92 0-02 I 1552 009 — I-OO 0-02 aI "i I5-55 — — 1-23 OO4 I 15-61 — — 1-07 ...
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Chemical News
The cupel still hot from the last operation is placed upon the anvil, and the crust of lithar e, with its enclosed metallic bead, gently removed, caving the hot coarse bone ash beneath it in the mould; upon this a small quantity of the elutriated bone  ...
4
Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic)
It is now put into the cupel prepared as before described, placing it on the side farthest from the lamp and a little above the centre of the cupel, which is now inclined slightly towards the lamp, and is heated by the oxidating flame directed ...
Sir William Crookes, 1886
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The Metallurgy of Gold: A Practical Treatise on the ...
The button is detached from the cupel after cooling by a pair of steel forceps, cleaned with a brush formed of stiff bristles, and flattened as presently described. If the process has been successful the button should be round and bright upon its  ...
Manuel Eissler, 1900
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The Works ... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author. A ...
[UFON a good cupel we put one ounce of English tin of the better sort, and having placed it in the furnace under the. muffler, though it presently melted, yet it did not forsake its place, but remained upon the concave surface of the cupel, till at ...
Robert I Boyle, 1772
7
The operative mechanic, and British machinist: being a ...
When the cupel is almost white by heat, the lead is put into it, and the fire increased till the lead becomes red hot, smoking, and agitated by a motion of all its parts, called its circulation. Then the silver is to be put on the cupel, and the fire  ...
John Nicholson, 1831
8
E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal
On account of the difficulty of getting an accurate sample and fair returns from a custom smeltery, it was thought advisable to remelt the slag with a flux containing litharge, then ship the resultant slag and cupel the lead bullion. EXPERIMENTAL  ...
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Opera, en anglois, avec notes par P. Shaw
The inside resembled bell- metal more than gold or silver. A dram of it, with about six times its weight of lead, being put upon a well-nealed cupel, emitted, fumes, plentifully, for an hour and a half ; and when the operation was ended, we found ...
Robert Boyle, 1738
10
Engineering and mining journal
Bone-ash cupels, 1 in. in diameter, were treated with silver-nitrate solution. cupels gave no indication of the presence of silver salts, but inside the cupel depression, the surface invariably showed a deep purple color, indicating precipitation of ...

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUPEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cupel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boom times seem to have gone bust, but mining still employs …
... Black Beauty mine; Bluebell mine; COD mine; Cooper and Gold mine; Cupel mine; De La Fontaine mine; Jordan mine; Knight Hawk mine; ... «Kdminer, Feb 15»
2
Despite recent challenges, mining still employs thousands in …
... Black Beauty mine; Bluebell mine; COD mine; Cooper and Gold mine; Cupel mine; De La Fontaine mine; Jordan mine; Knight Hawk mine; ... «Today's News-Herald, Feb 15»
3
Private donor challenges community to donate to spay/neuter program
... for Baxter you can call (806) 373-1716 and ask for Jena McFall. For ways to foster you can call that same number and ask for Robin Cupel. «KFDA, Dec 14»
4
Dawn Wells Reflects On Her 'Gilligan's Island' Days
When people see you on the street, do they talk to you and call you Marianne? Oh, I have a cupel of stories. I was in beijing at some gift show. «Access Hollywood, Sep 14»
5
Quick Install: A Longer Bed Extender
... hanging out the back a cupel feet. I do have to strap down some things that I wouldn't have to with the longer box but its not that big of a deal. «PickupTrucks.com, May 12»
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Introduction to Gold Assaying: What's in a Gold Grade?
The mass of lead metal is then placed on a cupel made of bone ash- a material that readily absorbs lead oxide, but does not absorb metal. «Gold Investing News, May 11»
7
New Promo of 'Sons of Anarchy' Season 2: Gemma
... for a wile been a cupel episodes. bring him back i miss his crazzy ass spontaneus shit! the crew neads him! my opinion is the shows shuld air ... «AceShowbiz, Jun 09»

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