cope

English Online Dictionary. What means cope‎? What does cope mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊp/
• Rhymes: -əʊp

Etymology 1

From Middle English coupen, from Old French couper (“to strike, to cut”).

Verb

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

   Synonyms: contend, hold it together

   Antonym: (vulgar) lose one's shit
2. To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
3. (falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

cope (plural copes)

1. (slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure a hopeless situation.
   • 2020, anonymous, quoted in Jacob Conley, "Efficacy, Nihilism, and Toxic Masculinity Online: Digital Misogyny in the Incel Subculture", thesis submitted to The Ohio State University, page 18:

     My only 2 copes for the past 3 years have been food & the internet/surfing. Both of these copes have only hurt me further as I have addictions to both sugar and the internet now and have isolated myself further and further into the oblivion.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cope.

Derived terms

Interjection

cope

1. (derogatory) Expression of spite towards someone who suffered a major setback.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cope, from Medieval Latin cāpa (“cape”) Doublet of cap, cape, and chape.

Noun

cope (plural copes)

1. (liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

   Coordinate terms: mantle, mantum
2. Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.
3. (literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.
4. (construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.
6. (foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.

   Coordinate term: drag

7. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Derived terms

• coping stone

Translations

Verb

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
2. (intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English copen, borrowed from Middle Dutch copen. Cognate with Dutch kopen, German kaufen.

Verb

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.
2. (obsolete) To exchange or barter.
3. (obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.
4. (obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.
5. (obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Derived terms

References

• “cope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 4

Unknown

Verb

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (obsolete, dialect) To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.
2. (obsolete, figuratively) To silence or prevent from speaking.

Anagrams

• OPEC, CEOP, COEP

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Noun

cope f (plural copes)

1. goblet
2. bowl
3. cup

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cape, coope

Etymology

From earlier cape, from Latin cāpa; possibly through an Old English *cāpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːp(ə)/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːp(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /kaːp/

Noun

cope (plural copes)

1. A cape or cloak; a loose-fitting outer layer.
2. A cope; a clerical cape, especially that worn by monastics.
3. (figuratively) A cover or vault.

Descendants

• English: cope
• Scots: caip, cape, cap

References

• “cōpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Old French

Alternative forms

• cupe

Etymology

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pə/

Noun

cope oblique singular, f (oblique plural copes, nominative singular cope, nominative plural copes)

1. cup (vessel from which liquid is drunk)

Descendants

• French: coupe
  • → English: coupe
• Norman: coupe

Spanish

Verb

cope

1. inflection of copar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative