kopek

• copeck, kopeck
• kopeika, kopejka, kopeyka

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kopeika, kopiyka, and kapeek.

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kopek (plural kopeks)

1. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
2. A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.
3. A kapiejka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).

Kopek is the favored spelling used by The Moscow Times, whereas some English dictionaries prefer kopeck.

• kopiyka

kopek m (plural kopeks)

1. kopek

• “kopek”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024