English Dictionary

copula

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒpjʊlə/

名詞

(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.

日本語の意味

連結動詞：文中で主語と述語（補語や状況表現）を結び付け、その関係を明示する語。例として、英語の be 動詞などが挙げられる。

In many languages the copula can be omitted when the context is clear.

多くの言語では、文脈が明確な場合、連結動詞は省略されることがある。

意味（1）

(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.

I begin by arguing in section 2 that there are in fact at least two Celtic copulas, a grammatical copula that simply spells out tense and agreement, and a substantive copula formed on a lexically listed verbal stem.

意味（2）

(statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.

In 2000, David X. Li, a banker with a doctorate in statistics who was then at RiskMetrics, part of J. P. Morgan Chase, began using mathematical functions called Gaussian copulas to estimate the likelihood of corporations’ dying in unison.

意味（3）

(music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.

意味（4）

(biology) The act of copulation; mating.

copulas （ plural ）

copulae （ plural ）