chope

See also: chopé

English

Etymology

Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃəʊp/

Verb

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): (vnv) /ʃɔp/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 corresponding lemma form.

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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

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• “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

• 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