chope
See also: chopé
English
Etymology
Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʊp/
- Rhymes: -əʊp
Verb
chope (third-person singular simple present chopes, present participle choping, simple past and past participle choped)
- (Singapore, informal) To reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
Anagrams
- Poche, epoch, poché
Chinook Jargon
Noun
chope
- grandmother
Coordinate terms
- (with regards to gender): chitsh
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɔp/
Etymology 1
From Alemannic German (Alsatian) Schoppe.
Noun
chope f (plural chopes)
- tankard, mug
- (colloquial) beer, quick beer, quick one (glass of beer)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
chope
- inflection of choper:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “chope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- poche, poché
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔpe̝/
Noun
chope m (plural chopes)
- gulp (the usual amount swallowed)
Noun
chope m (plural chopes)
- a good job, business or opportunity
Noun
chope m (plural chopes)
- marsh, fen
References
- “chope” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chope” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chope” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Chope (2)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.pi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.pe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.p(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: cho‧pe
Noun
chope m (plural chopes)
- (Brazil) unpasteurized beer
- (Brazil) a frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie
- Synonyms: geladinho, gelinho, dindim, sacolé, chopp, chup-chup
Descendants
- (1) Hunsrik: Schopp