copal

copal

English

Etymology

From Spanish copal, from Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊpəl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊp(ə)l/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

copal (countable and uncountable, plural copals)

1. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.

Derived terms

• Accra copal (Daniellia ogea)
• Brazilian copal (Hymenaea courbaril)
• Cameroons gum copal (Guibourtia demeusei)
• Congo copal (Guibourtia demeusei)
• East African copal (Hymenaea verrucosa)
• East Indian copal (Canarium bengalense)
• gum copal (Daniellia ogea)
• gum-copal (Guibourtia copallifera)
• jackass copal
• kauri copal (Agathis spp.)
• Madagascar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa)
• Manilla copal (Agathis spp.)
• Niger copal (Daniellia thurifera)
• Sierra Leone copal (Guibourtia copallifera)
• Sudan copal (Daniellia thurifera)
• West African copal (Daniellia oliveri)
• West African gum copal (Daniellia oliveri)
• Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa)

 

Translations

tree resin

French: copal (fr) m Italian: copale m Portuguese: copal m, goma copal f Spanish: copal (es) m Tagalog: kopal

See also

• amber

Anagrams

• P'cola, P-cola, POLAC, placo-, polac

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French

Etymology

From Spanish copal, from Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pal/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

copal m (uncountable)

1. copal

Further reading

• “copal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈpal/ [koˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: co‧pal

Noun

copal m (plural copales)

1. copal
2. any of several trees from which copal is extracted

Descendants

Descendants of copal in other languages

• → Czech: kopál
• → English: copal
• → Finnish: kopaali
• → French: copal
• → German: Kopal
• → Italian: copale
• → Japanese: コーパル (kōparu)
• → Polish: kopal
• → Russian: копал (kopal)

Further reading

• “copal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• copla
• palco
• placo
• polca