Meanings
copt1
- obsoleteparticiplepastsimple 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.
1873, Judy, volumes 13-14, page 99
Copt2
Origin
- EgyptianHwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40“Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”
- Ancient GreekΑἰγύπτιος
- Copticⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ“Egyptian”
- Arabicقُبْط“Copts”
- Frenchcopte
- EnglishCopt
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.
More words from French, Arabic, Coptic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قِبْطِيّ, قُبْطِيّ
- قِبْطِيّ (qibṭiyy)member of the Coptic Church
- قُبْطِيّ (qubṭiyy)member of the Coptic Church
Bengali কিবত, কিবৎ
- কিবত (kibot)member of the Coptic Church
- কিবৎ (kibot)member of the Coptic Church
Catalan copte
- coptemember of the Coptic Church
Chinese Mandarin 科普特人
- 科普特人 (Kēpǔtèrén)member of the Coptic Church
Danish kopter
- koptermember of the Coptic Church
Dutch kopt
- koptmember of the Coptic Church
Finnish kopti
- koptimember of the Coptic Church
French copte
- coptemember of the Coptic Church
German Kopte, Koptin
- Koptemember of the Coptic Church
- Koptinmember of the Coptic Church
Greek Κόπτης, Κόπτισσα
- Κόπτης (Kóptis)member of the Coptic Church
- Κόπτισσα (Kóptissa)member of the Coptic Church
Hebrew קוֹפְּטִי, קוֹפְּטִית
- קוֹפְּטִי (koptí)member of the Coptic Church
- קוֹפְּטִית (koptít)member of the Coptic Church
Hindi कॉप्ट
- कॉप्ट (kŏpṭ)member of the Coptic Church
Irish Coptach
- Coptachmember of the Coptic Church
Italian copto
- coptomember of the Coptic Church
Persian قبطی
- قبطی (qebti)member of the Coptic Church
Polish Kopt
- Koptmember of the Coptic Church
Portuguese copta
- coptamember of the Coptic Church
Romanian copt, coptă
- coptmember of the Coptic Church
- coptămember of the Coptic Church
Russian копт, ко́птка
- копт (kopt)member of the Coptic Church
- ко́птка (kóptka)member of the Coptic Church
Spanish copto, copta
- coptomember of the Coptic Church
- coptamember of the Coptic Church
Swedish kopt, koptiska
- koptmember of the Coptic Church
- koptiskamember of the Coptic Church
Turkish Kıptî
- Kıptîmember of the Coptic Church
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Cite this entry
copt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copt
“copt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copt.
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