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kopeck

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkəʊpɛk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkoʊpɛk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kō′pek)

ko•peck or ko•pek /ˈkoʊpɛk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Currencya monetary unit of the former Soviet Union, equal to 1&sfracdenom;100&sfracend; of the ruble.

ko•peck (kō′pek),USA pronunciation n.

Currencyan aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, the 100th part of a ruble.

Also, ko′pek, copeck.

Russian kopéĭka, equivalent. to kop’ë lance, spear + -ka diminutive suffix; so called from the lance with which the figure on the coin was armed
1690–1700

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

kopeck, kopek, copeck /ˈkəʊpɛk/ n

a monetary unit of Russia and Belarus worth one hundredth of a rouble: coins are still used as tokens for coin-operated machinery although the kopeck itself is virtually valueless

Etymology: Russian kopeika, from kopye lance; so called because of the representation of Tsar Ivan IV on the coin with a lance in his hand

'kopeck' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

copeck - K - K, k - kop

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