copaiba
/ˌkəʊpaɪˈiːbə/noun
copaiba is a noun meaning “Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-P-A-I-B-A, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of copaiba is copaibas.
What does copaiba mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera
- 2
An oleoresin, extracted from such trees, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce copaiba?
- /ˌkəʊpaɪˈiːbə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of copaiba
- copaibas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is copaiba?
Copaiba appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Copaiba in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tree:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | copaíba |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does copaiba come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese copaíba, borrowed from Old Tupi kopa'yba, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kopaʔɨβ + Old Tupi -a.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).