cupel
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkjuːpəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]cupel (plural cupels)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Welsh: ciwpel
Translations
[edit]a small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead
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Verb
[edit]cupel (third-person singular simple present cupels, present participle cupelling or cupeling, simple past and past participle cupelled or cupeled)
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to refine by means of a cupel
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