copiner
French, verb/kɔ.pi.ne/
copiner is spelled C-O-P-I-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Copiner is a French verb meaning “to be friends (with)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être amis, construire des relations sociales de camaraderie, d’amitié”.
What does copiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be friends (with)
- 2
derogatoryto be in a friendly relationship with someone in order to gain an advantage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être amis, construire des relations sociales de camaraderie, d’amitié. 2. Être en relations amicales avec quelqu’un dans le but d’en obtenir un avantage.
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 copiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- copinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- copiné participle past
- copine first-person indicative present
- copines indicative present second-person
- copinons first-person indicative plural
- copinez indicative plural present
- copinent indicative plural present
- copinais first-person imperfect indicative
- copinait imperfect indicative singular
- copinions first-person imperfect indicative
- copiniez imperfect indicative plural
- copinaient imperfect indicative plural
- copinai first-person historic indicative
- copinas historic indicative past
- copina historic indicative past
- copinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce copiner?
- /kɔ.pi.ne/
- \kɔ.pi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is copiner in French?
copiner appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).