Meanings
plural copras · alternative archaic coprah
- countableuncountableThe dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.
2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee1 more example
The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.
1993, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018, page 188
Origin
- Malayalamകൊപ്ര
- Portuguesecopra
- Englishcopra
Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra). Cognate with Tamil கொப்பரை (kopparai), Kuvi କବ୍ରି (kobri), Sanskrit कूर्पस (kūrpasa), Hindi खोपा (khopā).
More words from Portuguese, Malayalam
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ко́пра
- ко́пра (kópra)dried kernel of coconut
Catalan copra
- copradried kernel of coconut
Czech kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Danish kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Dutch kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Finnish kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
French coprah
- coprahdried kernel of coconut
German Kopra
- Kopradried kernel of coconut
Greek καρυδόψιχα
- καρυδόψιχα (karydópsicha)dried kernel of coconut
Hebrew קופרה
- קופרהdried kernel of coconut
Hindi गरी का गोला
- गरी का गोला (garī kā golā)dried kernel of coconut
Hungarian kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Indonesian kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Irish copra
- copradried kernel of coconut
Italian copra
- copradried kernel of coconut
Japanese コプラ
- コプラ (kopura)dried kernel of coconut
Lithuanian kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Norwegian kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Persian مغز نارگیل
- مغز نارگیلdried kernel of coconut
Polish kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Portuguese copra
- copradried kernel of coconut
Russian ко́пра
- ко́пра (kópra)dried kernel of coconut
Spanish copra
- copradried kernel of coconut
Swahili nguta
- ngutadried kernel of coconut
Swedish kopra
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Tagalog kalibkib, kopra
- kalibkibdried kernel of coconut
- kopradried kernel of coconut
Tamil கொப்பரை
- கொப்பரை (kopparai)dried kernel of coconut
Ukrainian копра
- копра (kopra)dried kernel of coconut
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Cite this entry
copra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copra
“copra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copra. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copra,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copra.
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