Etymology from the Latin Cyprius, referring to the the island of Cyprus, a source of good copper. Pronunciation SAMPA: /'/ IPA: /'cʌpɜɻ/ Noun copper () a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. a thing made of copper. a reddish-brown colour, the colour of copper. a copper coin See also Wikipedia: copper External links For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/cu.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)
Translations Afrikaans: koper Albanian: bakër Arabic: نحاس Armenian: halcumã Basque: kobrea Belarussian: медзь Bosnian: bakar Breton: kouevr m (1) Bulgarian: мед m (1) Catalan: coure m Chinese: 銅 (from Vanderkrogt's site) Chinese: 铜 Cornish: cober Croatian: bakar Czech: měď Danish: kobber Dutch: koper n (1), koperkleur (3) Esperanto: kupro Estonian: vask Faroese: kopar Finnish: kupari (1), vaski (1) (arch.) French: cuivre m (1) Frisian: koper Friulian: ram Gallegan: cobre Georgian: სპილენძი German: Kupfer n Hebrew: נחושת Hungarian: réz Icelandic: eir Indonesian: tembaga Interlingua: cupro (1, 3) Irish: copar Italian: rame m (1) Japanese: 銅 (どう, dō) Kashmiri: kòper Kazakh: мыс Latin: cuprum Latvian: varš Lithuanian: varis Luxembourgish: koffer Macedonian: Бакар Malay: kuprum Maltese: ram Manx: cobbyr Modern Greek: Χαλκος Mongolian: зэс Norwegian: kobber Polish: miedź f Portuguese: cobre m (1, 3) Romanian: cupru m, aramă f Russian: медь Scottish Gaelic: copar Serbian: Бакар Slovak: med' Slovenian: baker Spanish: cobre m Swedish: koppar Tajik: mis Thai: ทองแดง Turkish: bakır Ukrainian: мiдь Uzbek: мис Vietnamese: Đồng Welsh: copor Adjective made of copper. having a reddish-brown colour. Related words copper-bottomed, copper-coloured See Appendix:Colours Translations Breton: kouevr, kouevrek Bulgarian: меден m, медна f, медно n, медни pl Catalan: courenc Dutch: koperen (1), koperkleurig (2) Finnish: kuparinen (1), kuparinvärinen (2), vaskinen (1, arch.) French: cuivré German: kupfern Interlingua: de cupro, cuprose (1) Polish: miedziany m, miedziana f, miedziane n Portuguese: de cobre (1) Romanian: arămiu (2) Russian: медный Spanish: cobrizo