copule
French, noun
copule is spelled C-O-P-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Copule is a French feminine noun meaning “copula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of copuler. With an accent, copulé is a different word: “past participle of copuler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot qui lie le sujet d’une proposition avec l’attribut. En français, le verbe être est une copule”.
What does copule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecopula
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of copuler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mot qui lie le sujet d’une proposition avec l’attribut. En français, le verbe être est une copule. 2. Verbe être qui lie le prédicat au sujet. 3. Objet permettant de caractériser la dépendance entre les différentes coordonnées d’une variable aléatoire.
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 copule
- copules plural
- copulée feminine
- copulés masculine plural
- copulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to copule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is copule in French?
copule appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).