cofre
Middle English
/ˈkɔfər/
noun
Definitions
- A coffer box for valuables or money
- A supply or store of money.
- A coffin; a box for burial.
- Any container or cavity.
- (rare) A place of secretion or hiding.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cofre 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
- coffer English
- cofferdam English
- cofferer English
- cofferfish English
- cofferwork English
- cophinus Latin
- cofano Italian
- coffre French
- κόφινος Ancient Greek
- koffert Norwegian Bokmål
- covo Portuguese
- côvão Portuguese
- cofrer Middle English
- قُفَّة Arabic
- coffre, cofre Old French
- coffrier Old French
- cofin Old French
- cofre Old French
- cove Catalan, Valencian
- covo Galician
- coffer Middle Dutch
- couer, cofer Middle Dutch
- côffre Norman
- cofre xno
- cofin ONF.