/ˈkjuːpəl/
OriginBorrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el.
- A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
- To refine or assay using a cupel.
Formscupels(plural) · copel(alternative, obsolete) · coppel(alternative, obsolete) · cupels(present, singular, third-person) · cupeling(US, participle, present) · cupelling(UK, participle, present) · cupeled(US, participle, past) · cupeled(US, past) · cupelled(UK, participle, past) · cupelled(UK, past)