English

Noun

coper ‎(plural copers)

1. One who copes.
   • 2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress (page 244)

     And people who were adaptive copers early in life are likely to cope successfully with the losses that they encounter late in life.

Etymology 2

Noun

coper ‎(plural copers)

1. (Britain) A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.

Anagrams

• crope

Norman

Alternative forms

• copaïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp, from Vulgar Latin *colpus ‎(“stroke”), from Latin colaphus.

Pronunciation

Verb

coper ‎(gerund cop'sie)

1. (Jersey) to cut

See also

• tailli

Derived terms

• cope-gorge ‎(“straight razor”)
• copeux dé g'veux ‎(“hairdresser”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• colper
• couper

Etymology

cop +‎ -er, with cop deriving from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from colaphus; it may corresponding to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre, syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus (compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre ‎(“to behead”), from caput ‎(“head”), although this is unlikely.

Verb

coper

1. to cut
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La teste li eüst copee

     He cut off his head

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ps, *-pt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• cop/colp

Descendants

• French: couper
• Norman: copaïr (Guernsey), coper (Jersey)
• Walloon: côper