coffin
English
/ˈkɒfɪn/, /ˈkɔfɪn/, /ˈkɑfɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- (cartomancy) The eighth Lenormand card.
- (obsolete) A basket.
- (archaic) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
- (obsolete) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
- The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
- A storage container for nuclear waste.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coffyn derived from cofin (coffer, sarcophagus, earlier basket) derived from Latin cophinus (basket) derived from Ancient Greek κόφινος (basket, a basket).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόφινος
Gloss
basket, a basket
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
籠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coffinful English
- coffining English
- coffinless English
- coffinlike English
- coffinmaker English
- encoffin English
- encoffiner English
- encoffinment English
- maker English
- uncoffin English
- cophinus Latin
- cofano Italian
- coffre French
- cofín Spanish, Castilian
- κόφινος Ancient Greek
- koffert Norwegian Bokmål
- covo Portuguese
- côvão Portuguese
- coffyn Middle English
- قُفَّة Arabic
- coffre, cofre Old French
- cofin Old French
- cofre Old French
- cove Catalan, Valencian
- covo Galician
- cofre xno
- cofin ONF.