copal
French, noun/kɔ.pal/
copal is a French masculine noun meaning “copal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Résine solidifiée d’origine végétale, directement récoltée sur l’arbre (« copal vert »), ou extraite du sol à…”.
What does copal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecopal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Résine solidifiée d’origine végétale, directement récoltée sur l’arbre (« copal vert »), ou extraite du sol à l’état fossile ou semi-fossile, utilisée notamment dans la fabrication de vernis.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of copal
- copals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce copal?
- /kɔ.pal/
- \kɔ.pal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to copal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is copal in French?
copal appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).