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coper
coper
English
Noun
coper (plural copers)
- 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.
- 2001, Lawrence C. R. Snyder, Coping with Stress (page 244)
Etymology 2
Noun
coper (plural copers)
Anagrams
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)
See also
Derived terms
- cope-gorge (“straight razor”)
- copeux dé g'veux (“hairdresser”)
Old French
Alternative forms
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
- to cut
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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La teste li eüst copee
- He cut off his head
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La teste li eüst copee
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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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | coper | avoir copé | |||||
| gerund | en copant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | copant | ||||||
| past participle | copé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cop | copes | cope | copons | copez | copent |
| imperfect | copoie, copeie, copoe, copeve | copoies, copeies, copoes, copeves | copoit, copeit, copot, copeve | copiiens, copiens | copiiez, copiez | copoient, copeient, copoent, copevent | |
| preterite | copai | copas | copa | copames | copastes | coperent | |
| future | coperai | coperas | copera | coperons | coperoiz, copereiz, coperez | coperont | |
| conditional | coperoie, copereie | coperoies, copereies | coperoit, copereit | coperiiens, coperiens | coperiiez, coperiez | coperoient, copereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cop | cos | cot | copons | copez | copent |
| imperfect | copasse | copasses | copast | copissons, copissiens | copissoiz, copissez, copissiez | copassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cope | — | copons | copez | — | ||