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Definition: Coffer |
CofferNoun1. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. 2. A chest especially for storing valuables. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coffer" was first used: sometime around 1250. (references) |
Etymology: Coffer \Cof"fer\, noun. [Old French cofre, French coffre, Latin cophinus basket, from Greek. Compare to Coffin, noun]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Coffer the receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they deposited the golden mice and the emerods as their trespass-offering (1 Sam. 6:8, 11, 15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Electrical Engineering | A recessed panel or dome in the ceiling. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A rectangular plank frame, used in timbering levels. Also spelled cofer.b. A floating dock; a caisson. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CofferSynonyms: caisson (n), lacuna (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. |
Store | Budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer; (receptacle). |
Treasury | Noun: treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper; cash register, kutcherry, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest;(receptacle); safe; bank vault; depository; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box; porte-monnaie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coffer |
| English words defined with "coffer": Ciborium, Cofferer ♦ Englue. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coffer": Letters of the Sepulchre. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Memorial to the eighteen Navy men and one civilian killed in the 7 December 1941 Japanese air attack on NAS Kanoehe Bay. Naval personnel who lost their lives were members of the station crew and of Patrol Squadrons 11, 12 and 14. The monument was erected at Marine Corps Air Station Kanoehe Bay in December 1981. Photographed 4 May 1986 by H.E.("Ed") Coffer. Credit: NAVY. |  | East wall and dry area of coffer dam, Livingstone Channel, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Steam shovel removing a section of coffer dam, Livingstone Channel, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Coulee Dam, Wash., Coffer Dam. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Coffer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coffer" is used about 23 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) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coffer" 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 |
| Coffer | Last name | 400 | 22,375 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "coffer": coffer dam ♦ coffer fish. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "coffer": coffer-box. | |
Ending with "coffer": salt-coffer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
coffer | 22 |
the coffer dam | 20 |
ceiling coffer | 7 |
bob coffer | 3 |
calvin coffer louise | 3 |
calvin coffer | 2 |
cabal coffer | 2 |
coffer ebay royal | 2 |
ceiling coffer lighted | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coffer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vend i rrethuar me lumë (cofferdam), sënduk (box, chest, hutch, trunk), kasë (case, safe, upright), arkë (box, box office, case, cash desk, cash register, cashbox, checkout, chest, crate, hutch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صندوق حديدي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сандък (bin, box, case, chest, crib, hutch, packing case), ракла (dower-chest), шлюз (cofferdam, floodgate, gate, hatch, lock, penstock, sluice), кесон (caisson, diving bell, panel), касетка на таван, каса (case, cash desk, cheek, chest, exchequer, packing case, pay desk, pay office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 箱柜. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | truhla (chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kuppel (blister, cupola, dome, globe), kassette (cassette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | plafondinbouwarmatuur, Koffer (suitcase, trunk, valise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | صندوق (Bin, Box, Case, Chest, Trunk), خزانه وجوه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kattovalosyvennys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coffre (coffer dam, luggage compartment), Cantine, caisse (container), plafonnier encastré. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kasten (barn, barrack, bin, box, cabinet, case, castes, chest, crate, drawer, goal, heavyweight, hutch, showcase, tub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρυφή πλαφονιέρα, χρηματοκιβώτιο (safe, strong box), ταμείο (cash desk, purse, repository, ticket office, till, treasury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ' זים (record, treasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kincsesláda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | koper (suitcase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cofano (bonnet, hood), cassettone (caisson, commode, dresser, lacunar, panel), scrigno (casket), plafoniera da incasso, forziere (booking office, cashdesk, exchequer, till). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 匱 (chest, rice tub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひつ (chest, head, rice tub, roll of cloth, small animal counter), き (10th in rank, 6th in rank, chest, chronicle, crude, deed, lean on, mood, period, plan, pure, raw, rest against, rice tub, rule, season, season word or phrase, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar, skill, spirit, table, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar, that, timber, time, tree, undiluted, wood, yellow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | doouyr runt (coffer dam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | offercay cofre (ash-bin, cashier's stand, chest, dower-chest, fund, money box, safe, safe deposit box, save-all, strongbox, vault), caixa (ash-box, bank window, bin, bunker, cash keeper, cashier, cashier's stand, chest, coalscuttle, desk, fund, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, receiver, safe, sheath, teller, treasurer, vessel, writing-table), tesouro (exchequer, treasure, treasure-trove, treasury), pôr em cofre ou caixa, guardar (bestow, bin, bosom, coffin, conserve, defend, guard, keep, lay up, look after, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put, put away, reserve, retain, save, shield, stow, tend, tuck, watch over), decorar (adorn, decorate, learn by heart, memorialize, memorize, ornament, pattern, scrimshaw), burra (jennet), artesão (artificer, artisan, craftsman, operative), armadura encastrada, arca (ark, ash-bin, bin, box, chest, hutch, trunk), acumular (accumulate, amass, bank, build up, collect, combine, congest, cumulate, fund, heap, jam, load, mass, mound, pack, pile up, stack, stash, stuff). (various references) cufãr (box, chest, trunk), casetã (box, casket, colophon, pigeon-hole), tezaur (hoard, store, thesaurus, treasure, treasury), sipet (trunk), ladã (box, case, chest, crate, trunk). (various references) углубление потолка, кессон (caisson, cofferdam, pontoon, sunk shaft), ларь (crib, pocket). (various references) cobhan, uilm. (various references) kofer (suitcase). (various references) cofre (Boxfish, casket, chest), panel empotrado, encontrar tesoro. (various references) skrin (box, case, casket, shrine), kista (box, chest, coffin). (various references) บรรจุในหีบ, หีบสมบัติ. (various references) tavan süslemek, tavan süsü, sandık (ark, box, chest, crate, packing case, soapbox), kutu (bin, box, can, canned, carton, cartridge, case, cassette, chest, repository), kasa (case, cash desk, cashbox, cashier's desk, cashier's office, casing, chest, crate, desk, Peter, register, safe, strongbox, till, vaulting horse), hazine (coffers, exchequer, repertory, revenue, riches, store, storehouse, stores, thesaurus, treasure, treasure house, treasury, trove). (various references) сундук (hutch), ящик (ark, box, cabinet, case, chest), шлюз (canal lock, floodgate, lock, overflow-dike, penstock, sluice), кріпити виробки, кесонувати, кесон (caisson), класти в скриню. (various references) rút hết nước để xây móng cầu... (coffer-dam), Ketxon giếng kín (coffer-dam). (various references) coffr (chest, trunk), cist (bin, box, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | arca, arcad, arcae, arcam, arcaque, archad, arcis, capsella, capsellam, cophinus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | scryn. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | cofre. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 6, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eqento thn kibwton epi thn amaxan kai to qema ergab kai touV muV touV crusouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et posuerunt arcam Dei super plaustrum et capsellam quae habebat mures aureos et similitudinem anorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei putten the arke of God vpon the wayn, and the litle coofre that hadde the golden myis, and the licnes of arsis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 6, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug ilang gibutang ang arca ni Jehova sa ibabaw sa carromata, ug ang kahon nga sinudlan sa mga bulawang ilaga ug mga larawan sa ilang mga hubag. |
| Chinese | 把 耶 ' 華 的 約 櫃 、 ' 裝 金 老 並 金 " 瘡 像 的 匣 子 都 " 在 車 上 。 |
| Croatian | Kovèeg Jahvin staviše na kola i kovèežiæ sa zlatnim štakorima i s likovima svojih èireva. |
| Danish | Derpå satte de HERRENs Ark på Vognen tillige med Skrinet med Guldmusene og Bylderne. |
| Dutch | En zij zetten de ark des HEEREN op den wagen, en het koffertje met de gouden muizen, en de beelden hunner spenen. |
| Finnish | Ja he panivat Herran arkin vaunuihin ynnä lippaan, kultahiiret ja paiseittensa kuvat. |
| French | Ils mirent sur le char l`arche de l`Éternel, et le coffre avec les souris d`or et les figures de leurs tumeurs. |
| German | und legten die Lade des HERR auf den Wagen und das Kästlein mit den goldenen Mäusen und mit den Bildern ihrer Beulen. |
| Hungarian | És feltették az Úrnak ládáját a szekérre és a táskát az arany egerekkel és fekélyeiknek képmásával. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Peti Perjanjian itu dinaikkan ke atas pedati, juga kotak yang berisi tikus emas dan tiruan benjol-benjol itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu dimuatkannya tabut Tuhan dan cumbul yang berisi tikus keemasan dan gambar purunya di atas pedati itu. |
| Italian | Quindi collocarono l'arca del Signore sul carro con la cesta e i topi d'oro e le immagini dei bubboni. |
| Korean | 여 호 와 의 궤 와 및 금 쥐 와 그 " 의 독 종 의 형 상 을 담 은 상 자 를 수 위 에 실 으 니 |
| Maori | A whakanohoia ana e ratou te aaka a Ihowa ki runga ki te kaata, me te pouaka, me nga kiore koura, me nga ahua o o ratou puku. |
| Norwegian | Så satte de Herrens ark på vognen og likeså skrinet og gullmusene og billedene av sine bylder. |
| Portuguese | também puseram a arca do Senhor sobre o carro, bem como e cofre com os ratos de ouro e com as imagens dos seus tumores. |
| Rumanian | Au pus kn car chivotul Domnului, wi lada cu woarecii de aur wi chipurile umflqturilor lor. |
| Russian | Й ПУФБЧЙМЙ ЛПЧЮЕЗ зПУ П"Б ОБ ЛПМЕУОЙ"Х Й СЭЙЛ У ЪПМПФЩНЙ НЩЫБНЙ Й ЙЪЧБСОЙСНЙ ОБТПУФПЧ. |
| Spanish | Luego pusieron sobre la carreta el arca de Jehovah y la caja con los ratones de oro y las figuras de sus tumores. |
| Swedish | Och de satte HERRENS ark på vagnen, därtill ock skrinet med jordråttorna av guld och med avbildningarna av svulsterna. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coffer": cofferdam, cofferdams, coffered, coffering, coffers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "coffer": scoffer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "coffer": scoffers. (additional references) | |
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"Coffer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caffa, caffer, Cfer, chofer, choffeur, cifer, Cioffe, coefer, coeffic, cofa, cofe, cofen, Cofer, coffe, Coffea, coffed, coffen, coffi, coffre, cofir, coifer, coiffer, colfer, comfar, Hoffer, Kuffer, Loeffler, loffer, Mcaffer, ocfer, roffer, toffer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coffer" (pronounced kô"fer) |
| 3 | -ô" f er | offer, reoffer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-f-o-r" | |
-1 letter: force, offer. | |
-2 letters: cero, coff, core, corf, fore, froe. | |
-3 letters: cor, eff, fer, foe, for, fro, off, orc, ore, rec, ref, roc, roe. | |
-4 letters: ef, er, oe, of, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-f-o-r" | |
+1 letter: coffers, coffret, officer, scoffer. | |
+2 letters: coffered, coffrets, coiffeur, coiffure, effector, forceful, foreface, officers, scoffers. | |
+3 letters: cofferdam, coffering, coiffeurs, coiffured, coiffures, effectors, forefaces, officered, offscreen. | |
+4 letters: chiffonier, chifforobe, cofferdams, effloresce, forcefully, officering. | |
+5 letters: chiffoniers, chifforobes, coffeemaker, crossruffed, effloresced, effloresces, interoffice, officiaries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 66 66 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- ..-. ..-. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o f f e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0066 0066 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378172727184 |
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