coppern

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English copren, from Old English cypren (“made of copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kupprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr + *-īn, and/or from Latin cuprīnus, cyprīnus (“made of copper”). By surface analysis, copper +‎ -en (“made of”). Cognate with Dutch koperen (“made of copper”), German kupfern (“made of copper”).

Adjective

coppern (not comparable)

1. (archaic or poetic) Made or consisting of copper; coppery.
   • 1877, Johann Peter Lange, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures:

     "Therefrom Solomon made the copper sea and the pillars and the coppern vessels."

   • 1967, Ssanang Ssetsen, The Bejewelled Summary of the Origin of Khans:

     [...] the ministers, in order to slay him in accordance with the King's command, cut at him with all kinds of swords, but they availed naught and were unable; they put him into a coppern casket and cast him into the Ganges River.

   • 2001, T︠S︡eren Korsunkievich Korsunkiev, John Richard Krueger, Ancient Oirat Books about Oriental Medicine:

     […] a schema before them on a coppern (reference) figure of a person with markings of acupuncture points (youli kumiini zuruq).

Translations

made of copper — see copper