different between kapok vs coir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?p?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ke??p?k/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /?k??p??k/, [?k??p???]
• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Noun

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)

1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.

   Synonym: mumian

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 492:

     The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 39:

     You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.

   • 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 15:

     A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.

2. The silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).

   Synonyms: kapok tree, (Haiti) mapou, mumian

3. The cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).

   Synonym: kapok tree

Alternative forms

• capoc
• kapoc

Derived terms

• kapok tree

Translations

References

Further reading

• Ceiba pentandra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bombax ceiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bombax ceiba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bombax ceiba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Kopka

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Noun

kapok

1. (rare) the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
2. (rare) the fiber obtained from this tree

Hungarian

Etymology

kap +? -ok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?pok]
• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Verb

kapok

1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of kap

English

Alternative forms

• caire

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ???? (kaya??).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)
• Homophone: coyer

Noun

coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)

1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cori, RICO

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariy? (compare Welsh caredd).

Noun

coir f (genitive singular coire, nominative plural coireanna)

1. crime, offence; fault, transgression
2. (used mainly in negative, of state) harm

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun cor, past participle cortha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) tire, exhaust

Conjugation

Etymology 3

See coirigh.

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun {{{vn}}}, past participle {{{pp}}})

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. inflection of cor (“turn, turning movement; cast; haul from cast; lively turn; lively air; reel”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nonstandard nominative/dative plural

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. inflection of cor (“agreement, contract; guarantee, pledge”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. vocative/genitive singular of cor (“tiredness, exhaustion.”)

Mutation

References

• "coir" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “coir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “coir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Adjective

coïr

1. Alternative form of cóir

Mutation

Walloon

Noun

coir m

1. body