kopek

K5O1P3E1K5

noun

A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.

Similar
kopeckcopeck
OriginRussian копе́йка →
UncommonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounkopek (plural kopeks)

plural kopeks · alternative copeck · alternative kopeck · alternative kopeika · alternative kopejka · alternative kopeyka

  1. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.

    The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting kopeks completely and now mints only ruble coins.

    2019 May 14, “Russia stops minting kopeks”, in Invest Foresight
  2. A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.
  3. A kapeyka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).

Synonyms & antonyms

noun100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia

Similar
kopeckcopeck
Broader
Russian monetary unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Russianкопе́йка
  2. Englishkopek

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kapeyka and kopiyka.

More words from Russian

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic كُوبِيك, كُوبِيك
  • كُوبِيك (kubīk)one-hundredth of a ruble
  • كُوبِيك (kōpek)one-hundredth of a ruble
Bulgarian копе́йка
  • копе́йка (kopéjka)one-hundredth of a ruble
Catalan copec
  • copecone-hundredth of a ruble
Chinese Mandarin 戈比
  • 戈比 (gēbǐ)one-hundredth of a ruble
Czech kopejka, kopějka
  • kopejkaone-hundredth of a ruble
  • kopějkaone-hundredth of a ruble
Danish kopek
  • kopekone-hundredth of a ruble
Dutch kopeke
  • kopekeone-hundredth of a ruble
Esperanto kopeko
  • kopekoone-hundredth of a ruble
Estonian kopikas
  • kopikasone-hundredth of a ruble
Finnish kopeekka
  • kopeekkaone-hundredth of a ruble
French kopeck
  • kopeckone-hundredth of a ruble
German Kopeke
  • Kopekeone-hundredth of a ruble
Greek καπίκι
  • καπίκι (kapíki)one-hundredth of a ruble
Hebrew קוֹפֵּקָה
  • קוֹפֵּקָהone-hundredth of a ruble
Hindi कोपेक
  • कोपेक (kopek)one-hundredth of a ruble
Hungarian kopejka, kopek
  • kopejkaone-hundredth of a ruble
  • kopekone-hundredth of a ruble
Italian copeco, copeca
  • copecoone-hundredth of a ruble
  • copecaone-hundredth of a ruble
Japanese コペイカ
  • コペイカ (kopeika)one-hundredth of a ruble
Korean 코페이카
  • 코페이카 (kopeika)one-hundredth of a ruble
Latvian kapeika
  • kapeikaone-hundredth of a ruble
Lithuanian kapeika
  • kapeikaone-hundredth of a ruble
Norwegian Bokmål kopek
  • kopekone-hundredth of a ruble
Persian کوپک
  • کوپک (kopek)one-hundredth of a ruble
Polish kopiejka
  • kopiejkaone-hundredth of a ruble
Portuguese copeque
  • copequeone-hundredth of a ruble
Romanian copeică
  • copeicăone-hundredth of a ruble
Russian копе́йка
  • копе́йка (kopéjka)one-hundredth of a ruble
Slovak kopejka
  • kopejkaone-hundredth of a ruble
Spanish copeca, cópec
  • copecaone-hundredth of a ruble
  • cópecone-hundredth of a ruble
  • kópekone-hundredth of a ruble
Swedish kopek
  • kopekone-hundredth of a ruble
Tagalog kopek
  • kopekone-hundredth of a ruble
Turkish kopek, kopeyka
  • kopekone-hundredth of a ruble
  • kopeykaone-hundredth of a ruble
  • kapikone-hundredth of a ruble
Ukrainian копі́йка
  • копі́йка (kopíjka)one-hundredth of a ruble
Vietnamese cô pêch, cô-pêch
  • cô pêchone-hundredth of a ruble
  • cô-pêchone-hundredth of a ruble
  • côpêchone-hundredth of a ruble
Yiddish קאָפּעקע
  • קאָפּעקע (kopeke)one-hundredth of a ruble
Cite this entry
APA

kopek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kopek

MLA

“kopek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kopek. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kopek,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kopek.

Source: kopek on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.