coppery

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

coppery

/ˈkɒpəɹi/ UK
/ˈkɑpəɹi/ US

adjective more coppery · most coppery

Resembling the metal copper, especially in color. That night I dreamed I had a very disagreeable taste in my mouth, which caused me to spit all the time. I awoke and found my mouth full of saliva, with a coppery taste, and sure enough, I was obliged to spit.
Similar: copperish, cuprous, cupreous
Containing copper, especially if abundantly. an especially coppery grade of brass

Translations

Every language

adj resembling the metal copper

Français	cuivré
Deutsch	kupferig
Italiano	ramato

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"coppery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coppery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

coppery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coppery

Chicago

"coppery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coppery.

BibTeX

@misc{coppery_2026,
  title = {coppery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coppery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}