chopin

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Canada, US/ʃoʊˈpæn/

noun

A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.

OriginFrench chopine →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

chopin1

nounchopin (plural chopins)

plural chopins

  1. obsoleteA liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.

    I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.

    1742, Virgil, “Appendix to the Georgicks”, in James Hamilton, transl., Virgil’s Pastorals Translated into English Prose; as also His Georgicks, […], Edinburgh: Printed by W. Cheyne, […]; [s]old by J. Traill and G. Crawford, […]; and by J. Barry […], →OCLC, page 43

Chopin2

proper nounChopin (countable and uncountable, plural Chopins)

plural Chopins

  1. countableuncountableA surname from French.
  2. countableuncountableFrédéric Chopin, a Polish-born classical composer.

    34 ♦ Learn to identify the music of Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven.

    1991, Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life, H. Jackson Brown Jr., published by Rutledge Hill Press

Origin

chopin · noun

  1. Frenchchopine
  2. Englishchopin

Variant of chopine, borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -in.

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Chopin · proper noun

  1. FrenchChopin
  2. EnglishChopin

Borrowed from French Chopin: see there for more.

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Translations

Arabic شُوبَان
  • شُوبَان (šubān)surname
Bulgarian Шопе́н
  • Шопе́н (Šopén)surname
Chinese Cantonese 蕭邦 /萧邦
  • 蕭邦 /萧邦 (siu¹ bong¹)surname
Chinese Mandarin 肖邦, 蕭邦 /萧邦
  • 肖邦 (Xiāobāng)surname
  • 蕭邦 /萧邦 (Xiāobāng)surname
French Chopin
  • Chopinsurname
Japanese ショパン
  • ショパン (Shopan)surname
Korean 쇼팽
  • 쇼팽 (Syopaeng)surname
Polish Szopen, Chopin
  • Szopensurname
  • Chopinsurname
Russian Шопе́н
  • Шопе́н (Šopén)surname
Scottish Gaelic seipinn
  • seipinnliquid unit of measure
Swedish Chopin
  • Chopinsurname

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

chopin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopin

MLA

“chopin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chopin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopin.

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