chope

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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

Verb

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

  1. (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

Chinook Jargon

Noun

chope

  1. grandmother

Coordinate terms

  • (with regards to gender): chitsh

French

Pronunciation

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)
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

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

Chope (2)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chope.

Pronunciation

 

  • 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) a frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie
    Synonyms: (Brazil) geladinho, (Brazil) gelinho, (Brazil) dindim, (Brazil) sacolé, (Brazil) chup-chup
Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

chope m (uncountable)

  1. Chopi (a language spoken in Mozambique)

References

  1. ^ “chope” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “chope” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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