different between cooper vs coopery

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -u?p?(?)

Etymology 1

From coop +? -er.

Noun

cooper (countable and uncountable, plural coopers)

1. A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
2. (obsolete) A drink of half stout and half porter.

Translations

Verb

cooper (third-person singular simple present coopers, present participle coopering, simple past and past participle coopered)

1. (now rare) To make and repair barrels etc.

Derived terms

• broad cooper
• cooperage
• wine cooper

Etymology 2

Noun

cooper (plural coopers)

1. Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”)

Verb

cooper (third-person singular simple present coopers, present participle coopering, simple past and past participle coopered)

1. Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”)

English

Etymology

cooper +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?p??i/

Noun

coopery (countable and uncountable, plural cooperies)

1. Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper).
2. Cooperage (cooper's workshop).

Adjective

coopery (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Relating to a cooper; coopered.