cop

cop

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Translingual

Symbol

cop

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Coptic.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Coptic terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɑp/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *coppen, *copen, from Old English copian (“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle French caper (“to capture”), from Latin capiō (“to seize, grasp”); or possibly from Dutch kapen (“to seize, hijack”), from Old Frisian kāpia (“to buy”), whence Saterland Frisian koopje, North Frisian koope. Compare also Middle English copen (“to buy”), from Middle Dutch copen.

Verb

cop (third-person singular simple present cops, present participle copping, simple past and past participle copped)

  1. (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
  2. (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
    When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father.
  3. (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
  4. (transitive) To steal.
  5. (transitive) To adopt.
  6. (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
  7. (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Short for copper (“police officer”), itself from the verb cop (“to lay hold of”) above, in reference to arresting criminals.

Noun

cop (plural cops)

  1. (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer
Usage notes
  • Originally a slang term, but now in general use, including by journalists and police. Terms like police officer are generally considered more respectful.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English coppe, from Old English *coppe, as in ātorcoppe (“spider”, literally “venom head”), from Old English copp (“top, summit, head”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Dutch koppe, kobbe (“spider”). More at cobweb.

Noun

cop (plural cops)

  2. (obsolete) A spider.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Derived terms
  • attercop

Etymology 4

From Middle English cop, coppe, from Old English cop, copp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, basin, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-. Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.

Noun

cop (plural cops)

  1. (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
  2. (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
  3. (obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself. [14th–15th c.]
  4. A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
  5. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
  7. (architecture, military) A merlon.
Derived terms

References

  • Michael Quinion (2004) “Cop”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

See also

  • check cop (probably etymologically unrelated to above terms)
  • not much cop (probably etymologically unrelated to above terms)

Anagrams

  • CPO, OCP, OPC, PCO, POC, PoC

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *cup.

Noun

cop

  1. basket

References

  • Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 20 (2009)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan colp, from Late Latin colpus (“stroke”), from earlier Latin colaphus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔp]

Noun

cop m (plural cops)

  1. hit, blow, strike
  2. time, occasion
    Synonyms: vegada, volta
Alternative forms
  • colp (dialectal)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Per GDLC, possibly from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, lap; fabric fold; pocket”), with influence from copa (“cup”). First attested in 1324. In some senses (e.g. "snowflake"), influenced by Spanish copo (“flake”).

Alternative forms

  • cóp (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkop]

Noun

cop m (plural cops)

  1. (archaic) large cup; bowl
  2. (historical) former dry measure (compare English cup)
  3. snowflake
  4. heart of a cabbage
  5. upper part of a tree trunk (where the branches grow from)
  6. (fishing) catch bag (bag for holding caught fish, attached to a net)
  7. (weaving) skein

References

Further reading

  • “cop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “cop”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “cop” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “cop” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • (eye dialect) cup

Etymology

From clipping of English copy.

Pronunciation

Verb

cop

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to copy; to plagiarise
    • 還有，像再造紙般，直接將「講呢d」、9gag圖等，別人的二次創作加工或「照cop」，再造成「三次創作」。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
      还有，像再造纸般，直接将「讲呢d」、9gag图等，别人的二次创作加工或「照cop」，再造成「三次创作」。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
      waan4 jau5, zoeng6 zoi3 zou6 zi2 bun1, zik6 zip3 zoeng1 “gong2 ni1 di1”, gau2 gek1 tou4 dang2, bit6 jan4 dik1 ji6 ci3 cong3 zok3 gaa1 gung1 waak6 “ziu3 kop1”, zoi3 zou6 sing4 “saam1 ci3 cong3 zok3”. [Jyutping]
      Also, in a fashion similar to recycled paper, [they] polished or directly copied others' derivative work such as “to speak of this” [a meme] or images by 9gag, creating “twice derivative work”.
    • 網民直言：「副歌有一段仔直頭照cop akb首river」。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      网民直言：「副歌有一段仔直头照cop akb首river」。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      mong5 man4 zik6 jin4: “fu3 go1 jau5 jat1 dyun6 zai2 zik6 tau4 ziu3 kop1 ei1 kei1 bi1 sau2 river”. [Jyutping]
      Netizens said outspokenly: “There's a small section in the chorus that simply directly copies River by AKB48”.

Related terms

  • copy

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zopf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sop]

Noun

cop m inan

  1. braid

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cop”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “cop”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

  • (cop): Borrowed from English cop.
  • (friend): Clipping of copain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔp/

Noun

cop m (plural cops)

  1. (informal) a friend, a pal
  2. (North America, informal) cop (police officer)
    Synonym: flic

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • cope, coppe

Etymology

From Old English cop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔp/

Noun

cop (plural coppes)

  1. summit (of a mountain or hill)
  2. top, tip, topmost part
  3. top of the head, crown
  4. head

Descendants

  • English: cop
  • Scots: cop, coppe
  • Yola: kappas (plural)
  • → Welsh: copa

References

  • “cop, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

Occitan

Noun

cop m (plural cops)

  1. Alternative spelling of còp

Old English

Noun

cop m

  1. Alternative form of copp

Old French

Etymology 1

Noun

cop oblique singular, m (oblique plural cos, nominative singular cos, nominative plural cop)

  1. Alternative form of colp

Etymology 2

From Frankish *kopp.

Noun

cop oblique singular, m (oblique plural cos, nominative singular cos, nominative plural cop)

  1. head
Derived terms
  • copet

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish copp, borrowed from either Old English copp or Middle English copp, both meaning "top," from Proto-West Germanic *kopp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔhp/

Noun

cop m (genitive singular coip, plural coip)

  1. foam, froth

Derived terms

  • copach (“foamy, frothy”)
  • cop na mara (“sea foam, spume”)
  • copraich (“fizz”, verb)
  • cop ri do bheul (“foaming at the mouth”)

Verb

cop (past chop, future copidh, verbal noun copadh, past participle copte)

  1. capsize
  2. pour out, tip out
  3. foam, froth

Mutation

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Zopf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɔp]

Noun

cop m inan (genitive singular copu, nominative plural copy, genitive plural copov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. braid
    Synonym: vrkoč

Declension

Derived terms

  • copík, copček

Further reading

  • “cop”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Volapük

Noun

cop (nominative plural cops)

  1. hoe (tool)

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English coppe (spider), from Old English copp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, orb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

cop m (plural copynnod or copynnau)

  1. (obsolete) spider
    Synonyms: copyn, corryn, pryf cop, pryf copyn

Usage notes

No longer found as an independent word, cop is now used as an element in other words for "spider", such as copyn, pryf cop and pryf copyn and derived terms.

Derived terms

  • copyn (“spider”)
  • pryf cop (“spider”)
  • pryf copyn (“spider”)

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cop”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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