chope

See also: chopé

English

Etymology

From 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/
  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /t͡ʃoʊp/, /-ɒp/
  • Rhymes: -əʊp

Verb

chope (third-person singular simple present chopes, present participle choping, simple past and past participle choped)

  1. (transitive, informal, Singapore) 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

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, which is related to German schoppen (to tuck). Compare modern German Schoppen.

Noun

chope f (plural chopes)

  1. tankard, mug
  2. (colloquial) beer, quick beer, quick one (glass of beer)
Descendants
  • Brazilian Portuguese: chope

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/

Etymology 1

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. gulp (the usual amount swallowed)

Etymology 2

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. a good job, business or opportunity

Etymology 3

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. marsh, fen

References


Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chope.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -opi
  • Hyphenation: cho‧pe

Noun

chope m (plural chopes)

  1. (Brazil) draft beer
    Synonyms: (Center and South of Portugal) imperial, (North of Portugal) fino
  2. (Brazil, regional, Pará) a frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie
    Synonyms: geladinho, gelinho, dindim, sacolé, chup-chup
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From the name in Chopi, which refers to their use of bows and arrows.

Noun

chope m (uncountable)

  1. Chopi (a language spoken in Mozambique)

References

References

  1. ^ chope”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ chope”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025