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

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

chope

1. inflection of choper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• poche, poché

Further reading

• “chope” in 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 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.

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Portuguese

Chope (2)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃopi/
• Hyphenation: cho‧pe

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

1. (Brazil) unpasteurized beer
2. A frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie.

   Synonyms: geladinho, gelinho, dindim, sacolé, chopp, chup-chup

Descendants

• (1) Hunsrik: Schopp