Definitions for kopek

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kopek, kopeck, copeck(noun)

    100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia

Wiktionary

  1. kopek(Noun)

    A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.

  2. kopek(Noun)

    Same as kopiyka, a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.

  3. Origin: From копейка, from копьё (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478).


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