"copula" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒpjʊlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒpjələ/ [UK], /ˈkɑpjələ/ [US], /ˈkɔpjələ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-copula.wav [Southern-England] Forms: copulas [plural], copulae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒpjələ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin copula (“connection, linking of words”), from co- (“together”) + apere (“fasten”). Doublet of couple. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|copula||connection, linking of words}} Latin copula (“connection, linking of words”), {{prefix|la|co-|apere|nocat=1|t1=together|t2=fasten}} co- (“together”) + apere (“fasten”), {{doublet|en|couple}} Doublet of couple Head templates: {{en-noun|s|copulae}} 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. Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Translations (grammar: linking kind of word): رَابِطَة (rābiṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), رَابِط (rābiṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), عِمَاد (ʕimād) [masculine] (Arabic), звя́зка (zvjázka) [feminine] (Belarusian), дзеясло́ў-звя́зка (dzjejaslóŭ-zvjázka) [masculine] (Belarusian), ко́пула (kópula) [feminine] (Belarusian), връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ко́пула (kópula) [feminine] (Bulgarian), хоттам (xottam) (Chechen), 係詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 系词 (xìcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 連詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 连词 (liáncí) (Chinese Mandarin), 連繫動詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 连系动词 (liánxì dòngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), spona [feminine] (Czech), kopula [neuter] (Danish), koppelwerkwoord [neuter] (Dutch), ligverbo (Esperanto), koopula (Estonian), tɔɣ-kɔpʋla (Farefare), kopula (Farefare), kopula (Finnish), copule [feminine] (French), Kopula [feminine] (German), Kopulaverb [neuter] (German), συνδετικό ρήμα (syndetikó ríma) (Greek), योजक (yojak) [masculine] (Hindi), संयोजक (sañyojak) [masculine] (Hindi), kopula (Hungarian), kapcsolóige (Hungarian), kopulatív ige (Hungarian), tengisögn [feminine] (Icelandic), kopula (Indonesian), copula [feminine] (Italian), 繋辞 (keiji) (alt: けいじ) (Japanese), コピュラ (kopyura) (Japanese), 連辞 (renji) (alt: れんじ) (Japanese), 指定詞 (shiteishi) (alt: していし) (Japanese), コプラ (kopura) (Japanese), жалғаулық (jalğaulyq) (Kazakh), 계사 (gyesa) (Korean), 코퓰러 (kopyulleo) (Korean), байламта (baylamta) (Kyrgyz), копула (kopula) [feminine] (Macedonian), холбоц үйл үг (xolboc üjl üg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), холбоц (xolboc) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kopula (Norwegian Bokmål), فعل ربطی (fe'l-e rabti) (Persian), łącznik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), spójka [feminine] (Polish), cópula [feminine] (Portuguese), verbo de ligação [masculine] (Portuguese), copulă [feminine] (Romanian), свя́зка (svjázka) [feminine] (Russian), ко́пула (kópula) [feminine] (Russian), глаго́л-свя́зка (glagól-svjázka) [masculine] (Russian), копула [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), спона [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kopula [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), spona [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), spona [feminine] (Slovak), vez [feminine] (Slovene), kopula [feminine] (Slovene), cópula [feminine] (Spanish), kopula [common-gender] (Swedish), pandiwang pangawing (Tagalog), ตัวเชื่อม (dtuua-chʉ̂ʉam) (Thai), koşaç (Turkish), зв'я́зка (zvʺjázka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), дієсло́во-зв'я́зка (dijeslóvo-zvʺjázka) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ко́пула (kópula) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bogʻlama (Uzbek), feʼl-bogʻlama (Uzbek), từ liên hệ (Vietnamese), cyplad [masculine] (Welsh), gırek (Zazaki), kopula (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-copula-en-noun-2Zp9aFHP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 36 6 16 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: linking kind of word': 71 14 3 12
  2. (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables. Categories (topical): Statistics Translations (statistics: measure of association): 耦合 (ǒuhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 關聯結構 (Chinese Mandarin), 关联结构 (guānliánjiégòu) (Chinese Mandarin), コピュラ (kopyura) (Japanese), ко́пула (kópula) [feminine] (Russian), cópula (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-copula-en-noun-rlWCKb7m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 36 6 16 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'statistics: measure of association': 18 69 5 8
  3. (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-copula-en-noun-QyH9Pj57 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (biology) The act of copulation; mating. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-copula-en-noun-5WcPwKi9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 36 6 16 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: linking verb [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], copular [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], copular verb [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: copular, double copula, pseudocopula, semicopula, zero copula Related terms: copular, copulate, copulation, copulative, couple, coupling, ex copula, in copula

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1994, Randall Hendrick, “8: The Brythonic Celtic copula and head raising”, in David Lightfoot, Norbert Hornstein, editors, Verb Movement, page 163",
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          "ref": "2002, Quentin Smith, Language and Time, page 189",
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          "ref": "2003, Giuliano Bernini, “The copula in learner Italian: Finiteness and verbal inflection”, in Christine Dimroth, Marianne Starren, editors, Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition, page 159",
          "text": "This paper explores the position of the copula in the development of the verb system in second language acquisition of Italian.",
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          "ref": "2006, Christine Czinglar, Antigone Katiĉić, Katharina Köhler, Chris Schaner-Wolles, edited by Natalia Gagarina and Insa Gülzow, Strategies in the L1-Acquisition of Predication: The Copula Construction in German and Croatian, page 95",
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          "roman": "kópula",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vrǎ́zka",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "връ́зка"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kópula",
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          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "xottam",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "хоттам"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "係詞"
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          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xìcí",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "系词"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "連詞"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liáncí",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "连词"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "連繫動詞"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liánxì dòngcí",
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          "word": "连系动词"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spona"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "koppelwerkwoord"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "ligverbo"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "koopula"
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          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "tɔɣ-kɔpʋla"
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          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "kopula"
        },
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          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "copule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kopula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Kopulaverb"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "syndetikó ríma",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "συνδετικό ρήμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "yojak",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "योजक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sañyojak",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "संयोजक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "kopula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "kapcsolóige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "kopulatív ige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tengisögn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "kopula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "copula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "alt": "けいじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keiji",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "繋辞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kopyura",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "コピュラ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "alt": "れんじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "renji",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "連辞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "alt": "していし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiteishi",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "指定詞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kopura",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "コプラ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jalğaulyq",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "жалғаулық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyesa",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "계사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kopyulleo",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "코퓰러"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "baylamta",
          "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
          "word": "байламта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 14 3 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "ref": "2011, Ostap Okhrin, “Chapter 17: Fitting High-Dimensional Copulae to Data”, in Jin-Chuan Duan, Wolfgang Karl Härdle, James E. Gentle, editors, Handbook of Computational Finance, page 482",
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        }
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        "A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables."
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          "statistics"
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        [
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          "variable"
        ],
        [
          "independent",
          "independent"
        ],
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          "individual",
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          "marginal",
          "marginal"
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          "distribution",
          "distribution"
        ]
      ],
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        "(statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables."
      ],
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
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          "music"
        ],
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          "connect",
          "connect"
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          "keyboard"
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          "organ"
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        "(music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ."
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
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      ],
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          "biology"
        ],
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        ],
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒpjələ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑpjələ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔpjələ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒpjələ"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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    },
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      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rābiṭa",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رَابِطَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rābiṭ",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَابِط"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕimād",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عِمَاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvjázka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "звя́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzjejaslóŭ-zvjázka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kópula",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́пула"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vrǎ́zka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kópula",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́пула"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "xottam",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "хоттам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "係詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìcí",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "系词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "連詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liáncí",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "连词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "連繫動詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liánxì dòngcí",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "连系动词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spona"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koppelwerkwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "ligverbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "koopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "tɔɣ-kɔpʋla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "copule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kopulaverb"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syndetikó ríma",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "συνδετικό ρήμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "yojak",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "योजक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sañyojak",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "संयोजक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kapcsolóige"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopulatív ige"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tengisögn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "copula"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keiji",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "繋辞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kopyura",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "コピュラ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "れんじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "renji",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "連辞"
    },
    {
      "alt": "していし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiteishi",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "指定詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kopura",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "コプラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jalğaulyq",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "жалғаулық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyesa",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "계사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kopyulleo",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "코퓰러"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "baylamta",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "байламта"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kopula",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "копула"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xolboc üjl üg",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "холбоц үйл үг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xolboc",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "холбоц"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fe'l-e rabti",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "فعل ربطی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łącznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spójka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cópula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verbo de ligação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "copulă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjázka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свя́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kópula",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́пула"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glagól-svjázka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глаго́л-свя́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "копула"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спона"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cópula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "pandiwang pangawing"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtuua-chʉ̂ʉam",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "ตัวเชื่อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "koşaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvʺjázka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зв'я́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dijeslóvo-zvʺjázka",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дієсло́во-зв'я́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kópula",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́пула"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "bogʻlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "feʼl-bogʻlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "từ liên hệ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyplad"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "gırek"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "grammar: linking kind of word",
      "word": "kopula"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒuhé",
      "sense": "statistics: measure of association",
      "word": "耦合"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "statistics: measure of association",
      "word": "關聯結構"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānliánjiégòu",
      "sense": "statistics: measure of association",
      "word": "关联结构"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kopyura",
      "sense": "statistics: measure of association",
      "word": "コピュラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kópula",
      "sense": "statistics: measure of association",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́пула"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "statistics: measure of association",
      "word": "cópula"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "copula"
  ],
  "word": "copula"
}

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