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): /t͡ʃəʊp/
  • Rhymes: -əʊp

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


Chinook Jargon

Noun

chope

  1. grandmother

Coordinate terms

  • (with regards to gender): chitsh

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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chope

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

Further reading

Anagrams


Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔpe̝/

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. gulp (the usual amount swallowed)

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. a good job, business or opportunity

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. marsh, fen

References


    Portuguese

    Chope (2)

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.pi/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.pe/

    • Hyphenation: cho‧pe

    Noun

    chope m (plural chopes)

    1. (Brazil) unpasteurized beer
    2. (Brazil) a frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie
      Synonyms: geladinho, gelinho, dindim, sacolé, chopp, chup-chup

    Descendants

    • (1) Hunsrik: Schopp
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