copo

See also: copó and cópo

Latin

Etymology

From caupō, through fusion of /au̯/ into /oː/, represented in spelling as ⟨au⟩ → ⟨ō⟩.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.po]

Noun

cōpō m (genitive cōpōnis, feminine cōpa); third declension

1. alternative form of caupō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōpō	cōpōnēs
genitive	cōpōnis	cōpōnum
dative	cōpōnī	cōpōnibus
accusative	cōpōnem	cōpōnēs
ablative	cōpōne	cōpōnibus
vocative	cōpō	cōpōnēs

References

• “copo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “copo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "copo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “copo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin *cuppu, from Late Latin cūppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: co‧po

Noun

copo m (plural copos)

1. glass (vessel from which one drinks)
   • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:

     Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e...

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Related terms

• copa
• cuba

Descendants

• → Japanese: コップ (koppu)
• → Kadiwéu: goopa
• → Lingala: kopo, kɔ́pɔ
• → Swahili: kopo

Further reading

• “copo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “copo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “copo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopo/ [ˈko.po]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Syllabification: co‧po

Etymology 1

From copa.

Noun

copo m (plural copos)

1. flake

   copos de cereales ― cereal flakes

Derived terms

• copo de nieve

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copo

1. first-person singular present indicative of copar

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of conjunto parcialmente ordenado, analogous to English poset.

Noun

copo m (plural copos)

1. (mathematics) partially ordered set

Further reading

• “copo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025