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Definition: Coppersmith |
CoppersmithNoun1. Someone who makes articles from copper. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coppersmith" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a coppersmith, denotes small returns for labor, but withal contentment. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Occupations | Lays out, cuts, bends, and assembles pipe sections, pipefittings, and other parts from copper, brass, and other nonferrous metals: Lays out full-scale floor drawings or makes templates, following blueprints of pipe assemblies. Builds framework on bending slab to use as guide for bending, shaping, and joining assemblies. Cuts pipe, using handtools or shop machinery, and packs it with sand, rosin, or other material to prevent flattening during bending. Heats bend area with gas torch to soften metal and bends pipe, allowing for stretch at outside radius and compression at inside radius, using pipe-bending machines. Reheats and hammers pipe to eliminate wrinkles resulting from bending. Solders or brazes flanges on end of pipe. Flares or bells pipe mouths, using belling and flaring tools and mallet. Bends tubing to form coils for parts, such as feed water or oil heater. Lays out patterns and templates on sheet stock, using knowledge of geometry. Bends, hammers, bumps, razes, and planishes sheet stock to fabricate such parts as expansion joints, tanks, heads, cowls, and air chambers, using handtools, gas torches, and shop machinery. Sweats, rivets, solders, or brazes seams to obtain finished part. Coats parts by dipping them in mixture of molten tin and lead to prevent erosion, galvanic, and electrolytic action. Conducts hydrostatic tests to detect leaks in fabricated pipe. May install piping aboard ship. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | So that it was the house that pulled down the coppersmith. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Coppersmith" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Coppersmith" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coppersmith" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Coppersmith | Last name | 170 | 44,211 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coppersmith | 38 |
coppersmith sam | 2 |
coppersmith inc | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coppersmith"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bakërpunues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | النحاس (brazier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бакърджия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | " . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pracovník s mìdí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chaudronnier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kupferschmied. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαλκωματάσ (tinker), χαλκουργόσ (brasier, brazier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rézmûves (brazier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 구리 세공인. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gaaue cobbyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oppersmithcay caldeireiro (brazier, dutch oven). (various references) cazangiu (boiler maker), arãmar (brazier, tinker). (various references) медник (brazier, copper-smith, tinker, tinkler). (various references) kotlar (brazier), kazandžija (brazier). (various references) cobrero. (various references) kopparslagare (brazier, hangover). (various references) ช่างทำเครื่องทองแ"ง. (various references) kazancı, bakırcı. (various references) котельник, мідник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aerarii, aerario, aerarios, aerarium, aerarius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Timothy Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AlexandroV o calkeuV polla moi kaka enedeixato apodwh autw o kurioV kata ta erga autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Alexander aerarius multa mala mihi ostendit reddat ei Dominus secundum opera eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Alisaundre, the tresorer, schewide to me myche yuele; `the Lord schal yelde to hym aftir his werkis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Alexander the coppersmyth did me moche evyll the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Alexander the copper-smith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Timothy Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Si Alejandro, ang mananalsal ug tumbaga, nakahimo kanakog dakung kadaut; panimaslan ra siya sa Ginoo tungod sa iyang mga nabuhat. |
| Croatian | Aleksandar kovaè nanio mi je mnogo zla. Uzvratio mu Gospodin po njegovim djelima! |
| Danish | Smeden Aleksander har gjort mig meget ondt; Herren vil betale ham efter hans Gerninger. |
| Dutch | Alexander, de kopersmid, heeft mij veel kwaads betoond; de Heere vergelde hem naar zijn werken. |
| Finnish | Aleksander, vaskiseppä, on tehnyt minulle paljon pahaa; Herra on maksava hänelle hänen tekojensa mukaan. |
| French | Alexandre, le forgeron, m`a fait beaucoup de mal. Le Seigneur lui rendra selon ses oeuvres. |
| German | Alexander, der Schmied, hat mir viel Böses bewiesen; der HERR bezahle ihm nach seinen Werken. |
| Hungarian | Az érczmíves Sándor sok bajt szerzett nékem: fizessen meg az Úr néki cselekedetei szerint. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aleksander, tukang tembaga itu sudah melakukan hal-hal yang jahat sekali terhadap saya. Tuhan akan membalas dia menurut perbuatannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun Iskandar, tukang tembaga itu, sudah membuat banyak bencana atasku, maka Tuhanlah akan membalaskan dia sebagaimana perbuatannya. |
| Italian | Alessandro, il ramaio, mi ha procurato molti mali. Il Signore gli render secondo le sue opere; |
| Korean | 너 도 를 주 의 하 라 가 우 리 말 을 심 히 대 하 였 느 니 라 |
| Maori | He maha nga kino i meatia mai e Arehanera, e te kaimahi parahi ki ahau: ma te Ariki e hoatu ki a ia he utu e rite ana ki ana mahi: |
| Norwegian | Kobbersmeden Aleksander gjorde mig meget ondt; Herren vil lønne ham efter hans gjerninger. |
| Portuguese | Alexandre, o latoeiro, me fez muito mal; o Senhor lhe retribuirá segundo as suas obras. |
| Rumanian | Alexandru, cqldqrarul, mi -a fqcut mult rqu. Domnul ki va rqsplqti dupq faptele lui. |
| Russian | бМЕЛУБО"Т НЕ"ОЙЛ НОПЗП У"ЕМБМ НОЕ ЪМБ. дБ ЧПЪ"БУФ ЕНХ зПУ П"Ш П "ЕМБН ЕЗП! |
| Shuar | Arejántruka jirujai takawa nu ti yajauch awajtusuiti. Túrutaitkiuisha ni Túramujai métek Yus Akiktí. |
| Spanish | Alejandro el herrero me ha causado muchos males. El Señor le pagará conforme a sus hechos. |
| Swahili | Yule sonara aitwaye Aleksanda amenitendea maovu mengi; Bwana atamlipa kufuatana na hayo matendo yake. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coppersmith": coppersmiths. (additional references) | |
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"Coppersmith" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coopersmith. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coppersmith" (pronounced kÄ"persmi'th) |
| 4 | -s m i' th | blacksmith, Goldsmith, locksmith, wordsmith. |
| 3 | -m i' th | cometh. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-m-o-p-p-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: choppiest, chromites, prophetic, trichomes. | |
-3 letters: chippers, chompers, choppers, choppier, chromite, comprise, croppies, hoppiest, imposter, isotherm, mortices, pitchers, postiche, potiches, prophets, prospect, strophic, trichome, trophies. | |
-4 letters: ceriphs, chemist, chimers, chipper, chomper, chopper, chrisom, chromes, ciphers, cithers, coempts, coheirs, copiers, coppers, copters, croppie, echoism, erotics, erotism, hectors, heriots, hermits, heroics, heroism, hippest, hipster, hoister, homiest. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-m-o-p-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: coppersmiths. | |
+3 letters: spermatophytic. | |
+4 letters: comptrollership, computerphobias. | |
+5 letters: comptrollerships, plethysmographic. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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