copiste
French, noun/kɔ.pist/
copiste is spelled C-O-P-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Copiste is a French feminine noun meaning “copyist, transcriber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui copie, et, notamment autrefois, dont le métier était de copier des textes manuscrits, de la…”.
What does copiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecopyist, transcriber
un moine copiste
- 2
femininemasculineamanuensis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui copie, et, notamment autrefois, dont le métier était de copier des textes manuscrits, de la musique ou des œuvres d'art. 2. Plagiaire. 3. Élève qui copie sur son voisin, copieur.
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 copiste
- copistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce copiste?
- /kɔ.pist/
- \kɔ.pist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to copiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is copiste in French?
copiste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).