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Webster 1913 Edition

Copula

Cop′u-la

,
Noun.
[L., bond, band. See
Couple
.]
1.
(Logic & Gram.)
The word which unites the subject and predicate.
2.
(Mus.)
The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; – called also
coupler
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Copula

COPULA

,
Noun.
[L. See Copulation and Couple.] In logic, the word which unties the subject and predicate of a proposition. Religion is indispensable to happiness. Here is is the copula joining religion, the subject, with indispensable to happiness, the predicate.

Definition 2024

cópula

cópula

See also: copula and copulá

Portuguese

Noun

cópula f (plural cópulas)

  1. copula
  2. coupling
  3. copulation

Spanish

Noun

cópula f ‎(plural cópulas)

  1. (grammar) copula
  2. (grammar) conjunction
  3. copulation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōpula. Cf. also copla, cobra.

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