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copte

/kɔpt/

noun, masculine/kɔpt/plural: coptes

copte is masculine in French.

Copt (Egyptian Christian person)

From Egyptian Arabic قُفْط, قُبْط (“Copts”), from قُفْطِيّ (“Coptic”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ. More at Copt, Egypt.

noun, masculine/kɔpt/

copte is masculine in French.

the Coptic language

From Egyptian Arabic قُفْط, قُبْط (“Copts”), from قُفْطِيّ (“Coptic”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ. More at Copt, Egypt.

adjective/kɔpt/

Coptic

Related: coptique

From Egyptian Arabic قُفْط, قُبْط (“Copts”), from قُفْطِيّ (“Coptic”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ. More at Copt, Egypt.