copt

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copt^¹

verb

obsolete, participle, past simple past and past participle of cop We used to play at "locking up," / When JANE was copt no bribe could save her; / I was the Beak she come before, / And 'twas a month that then I gave her.

Copt^²

/kɒpt/ UK
/kɑpt/ US

Sounds like copped · Rhymes with -ɒpt, -ɑpt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.

noun Copts

A member of the Coptic Church.
broadly Any Christian of Egyptian descent.

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noun member of the Coptic Church

Español	copto, copta
中文	科普特人 Kēpǔtèrén
हिन्दी	कॉप्ट kŏpṭ
Português	copta
Français	copte
Deutsch	Kopte, Koptin
Italiano	copto
Ελληνικά	Κόπτης Kóptis, Κόπτισσα Kóptissa
Română	copt, coptă
Русский	копт kopt, ко́птка kóptka
العربية	قِبْطِيّ qibṭiyy, قُبْطِيّ qubṭiyy
עברית	קוֹפְּטִי koptí, קוֹפְּטִית koptít

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@misc{copt_2026,
  title = {copt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/copt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}