copula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōpula (“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) (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. Synonyms: linking verb, copular verb The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity. (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables. (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ. (biology) The act of copulation; mating. ==== 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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “copula”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === coupla, cupola, pocula == Catalan == === Verb === copula inflection of copular: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin copula. Doublet of koppel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoː.py.laː/ Hyphenation: co‧pu‧la === Noun === copula f (plural copula's or copulae, no diminutive) (grammar) copula (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 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) copula conjunction ===== Related terms ===== copulante copulare copulatore copulazione === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== copula inflection of copulare: third-person singular present indicative 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”) +‎ apiō (“to join”) +‎ -ula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoː.pʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.pu.la] === Noun === cōpula f (genitive cōpulae); first declension a bond, tie, band or other connecting item a leash ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cōpulō ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, 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 inflection of copular: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈpula/ [koˈpu.la] Rhymes: -ula Syllabification: co‧pu‧la === Verb === copula inflection of copular: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative