cooper en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkuːpə(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkʊpɚ/ (US, dialectal)
Etymology
Etymology tree English coop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cooper From coop + -er.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 5, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A drink of half stout and half porter.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coopers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Translations (61)
be бо́ндар (craftsman) · is beykir (craftsman) · ja 桶屋 (craftsman) · nn bøkkar (craftsman) · sk debnár (craftsman) · es tonelero (craftsman) · el βαρελάς (craftsman) · ru боча́р (craftsman) · de Schäffler (craftsman) · hu bodnár (craftsman) · uk бо́днар (craftsman) · lt kubilius (craftsman) · ka მეკასრე (craftsman) · mk бочвар (craftsman) · cmn 桶匠 (craftsman) · la tunnārius (craftsman) · cmn 桶工 (craftsman) · nl kuiper (craftsman) · io barelisto (craftsman) · ca boter (craftsman) · he חַבְתָן (craftsman) · ru бо́ндарь (craftsman) · ga cúipéir (craftsman) · de Küfer (craftsman) · uk бо́ндар (craftsman) · hu kádár (craftsman) · ro dogar (craftsman) · de Wannenmacher (craftsman) · bg бъчвар (craftsman) · az çəlləkçi (craftsman) · gl cubeiro (craftsman) · hu pintér (craftsman) · sh bȁčvār (craftsman) · rup dugar (craftsman) · hy տակառագործ (craftsman) · de Böttcher (craftsman) · cs bednář (craftsman) · et püttsepp (craftsman) · pl bednarz (craftsman) · gl toneleiro (craftsman) · no bøkker (craftsman) · fi tynnyrintekijä (craftsman) · de Fassbinder (craftsman) · de Fassküfer (craftsman) · fr tonnelier (craftsman) · ru бонда́рь (craftsman) · da bødker (craftsman) · tr fıçıcı (craftsman) · et aamissepp (craftsman) · ota فوچیجی (craftsman) · la viētor (craftsman) · eo barelfaristo (craftsman) · ko 통메장이 (craftsman) · sv tunnbindare (craftsman) · pt tanoeiro (craftsman) · ko 통장수 (craftsman) · sl sodar (craftsman) · sh ба̏чва̄р (craftsman) · de Fassmacher (craftsman) · nb bøkker (craftsman) · it bottaio (craftsman)