Chopin

Borrowed from French Chopin: see there for more.

Chopin (countable and uncountable, plural Chopins)

1. A surname from French.
2. Frédéric Chopin, a Polish-born classical composer.

• Chopinian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chopin is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Chopin is most common among White (39.87%), Black/African American (32.8%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.24%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chopin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331.

• -phonic, Pichon, cophin, phonic, pincho

In some cases, a nickname for a pugnacious person, from Old French chopin (“violent blow”), diminutive of chop (“blow”), from Latin colpus.^[1] In other cases, a nickname for a tippler,^[2] from chopine (“measure of liquid”) / chopiner, from chope (“tankard”), from Alemannic German Schoppe; see chope for more.

Compare Chapin.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.pɛ̃/

Chopin m or f

1. a surname

Unadapted borrowing from French Chopin.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ʃoˈpɛn/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Chopin m or f by sense

1. a surname in French