la

feminine

/kɔ.pi/

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Translation

copy; exam script

Word origin

From Latin copia ('abundance, plenty'). In medieval Latin the word came to mean a transcript, from the idea of making a text plentiful by writing it out again. English 'copy' and 'copious' share the root.

Origin: Latin
Root: copia
English cognates: copy, copious, cornucopia

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralcopies

Examples

Keep a copy of the contract for your records.

corrige week-end.

The teacher is marking the exam scripts this weekend.

' ' l'.

This painting is only a copy of the original.

Hand in your paper before midday.

J' .

I had three copies of the key made.

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This word is part of lesson 35.