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See also: chopé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
chope (third-person singular simple present chopes, present participle choping, simple past and past participle choped)
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
- 2022 May 15, Jonty Tan, The Local Immigrant, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN:
- Place a packet of tissues on a table and people will assume it is taken by someone in an act referred to as chope. Others may chope their table with a bag, knowing.
Anagrams[edit]
Chinook Jargon[edit]
Noun[edit]
chope
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (with regards to gender): chitsh
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Alemannic German (Alsatian) Schoppe.
Noun[edit]
chope f (plural chopes)
- tankard, mug
- (colloquial) beer, quick beer, quick one (glass of beer)
Descendants[edit]
- → Brazilian Portuguese: chope
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
chope
- inflection of choper:
Further reading[edit]
- “chope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
chope m (plural chopes)
- gulp (the usual amount swallowed)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
chope m (plural chopes)
- a good job, business or opportunity
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
chope m (plural chopes)
References[edit]
- “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.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French chope.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: cho‧pe
Noun[edit]
chope m (plural chopes)
Descendants[edit]
- → Hunsrik: Schopp
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
chope m (uncountable)
- Chopi (a language spoken in Mozambique)
References[edit]
- ^ “chope” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “chope” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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