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Yes. The word copula is a Scrabble US word. The word copula is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word copula is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

COPULA,CUPOLA,

5-letter words (4 found)

CAPUL,COPAL,CULPA,PULAO,

4-letter words (19 found)

ALCO,CALO,CALP,CAPO,CAUL,CAUP,CLAP,CLOP,CLOU,COAL,COLA,COUP,LOCA,LOUP,OPAL,OUPA,PACO,PAUL,PULA,

3-letter words (22 found)

ALP,ALU,APO,CAL,CAP,COL,COP,CUP,LAC,LAP,LOP,LOU,OCA,OPA,OUP,PAC,PAL,PLU,POA,POL,PUL,UPO,

2-letter words (8 found)

AL,LA,LO,OP,OU,PA,PO,UP,

You can make 55 words from copula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of copula

copula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin copula (“connection, linking of words”), from co- (“together”) +‎ apere (“fasten”). Doublet of couple.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒpjʊlə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒpjələ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑpjələ/, /ˈkɔpjələ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpjələ
  • Hyphenation: cop‧u‧la

Noun

copula (plural copulas or copulae)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
  2. (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
  3. (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
  4. (biology) The act of copulation; mating.

Synonyms

  • (grammar): linking verb, copular, copular verb

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:List of English copulae
  • Copula (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Copula (probability theory) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Copula (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • “copula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “copula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • coupla, cupola, pocula

Catalan

Verb

copula

  1. inflection of copular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin copula. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː.py.laː/
  • Hyphenation: co‧pu‧la

Noun

copula f (plural copula's or copulae)

  1. (grammar) copula
  2. (ichthyology, dated) a connective segment or piece of tissue, usually of cartilage, chiefly in fish

Derived terms

  • copulatief

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kopula

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.py.la/
  • Homophones: copulas, copulât

Verb

copula

  1. third-person singular past historic of copuler

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpula
  • Hyphenation: cò‧pu‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cōpula, contraction of an earlier form *coapula. Doublet of coppia, which was inherited.

Noun

copula f (plural copule)

  1. copula
  2. conjunction
Related terms
  • copulante
  • copulare
  • copulatore
  • copulazione

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copula

  1. inflection of copulare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • copula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • cupola

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of *coapula, from con- (“together”) +‎ apō (“to join”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.pu.la/, [ˈkoːpʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.pu.la/, [ˈkɔːpulä]

Noun

cōpula f (genitive cōpulae); first declension

  1. a bond, tie, band or other connecting item.
  2. a leash

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • cōpulō

Descendants

References

  • “copula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “copula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • copula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

copula

  1. inflection of copular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈpula/ [koˈpu.la]
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: co‧pu‧la

Verb

copula

  1. inflection of copular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org