chopine

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UK/tʃəʊˈpiːn/

noun

A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.

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platform
OriginFrench chopine →
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Meanings

nounchopine (plural chopines)

plural chopines

  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. historicalfootwearA type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.

    He creaked to and fro, tiptoing up nearer heaven by the altitude of a chopine […]

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    1 more example

    Byrlady your Ladyſhip is neerer Heauen then when I ſaw you laſt, by the altitude of a Choppine.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 263, column 2, lines 364-365

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

Similar
platform
Broader
shoe
Also see
platform

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchchopine
  2. Englishchopine

Borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -ine. Doublet of chopin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chopine

beenbetweengreenmagazinemeanseenscreenmachinecleangenescenedeanjeanroutineHalloweenbeancuisinevaccineEugeneChristineleanfifteengasolinekeen
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Anagrams

phocineCophine
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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