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copula (n.)

linking or connecting verb (especially "be"), word which expresses relation between subject and predicate, 1640s, from Latin copula "that which binds, rope, band, bond" (see copulate). Related: Copular.

Entries linking to copula

copulate (v.)

early 15c., "to join" (transitive), from Latin copulatus, past participle of copulare "join together, couple, bind, link, unite," from copula "band, tie, link," from PIE *ko-ap-, from *ko(m)- "together" (see com-) + *ap- (1) "to take, reach" (see apt). Intransitive sense "to unite sexually" is attested from 1630s. Related: Copulated; copulating.

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Definitions of copula

copula (n.)
an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence;
Synonyms: copulative / linking verb
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near copula

coprophagia

coprophagy

coprophilia

copse

Copt

copula

copulate

copulation

copulative

copy

copy-book

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