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): /tʃəʊp/

Verb

chope (third-person singular simple present chopes, present participle choping, simple past and past participle choped)

1. (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

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Chinook Jargon

Noun

chope

1. grandmother

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender): chitsh

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔp/

Etymology 1

From Alemannic German (Alsatian) Schoppe.

Noun

chope f (plural chopes)

1. tankard, mug
2. (colloquial) beer, quick beer, quick one (glass of beer)

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

chope

1. first-person singular present indicative of choper
2. third-person singular present indicative of choper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of choper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of choper
5. second-person singular imperative of choper

Anagrams

• poche, poché

Further reading

• “chope” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔpe̝/

Etymology 1

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

1. gulp (the usual amount swallowed)

Etymology 2

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

1. a good job, business or opportunity

Etymology 3

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

1. marsh, fen

References

• “chope” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chope” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “chope” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.