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/
• 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

• Poche, epoch, EPOCH, poché

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 schoppen (“to tuck”).

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

• “chope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• poche, poché

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chope”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chope”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chope”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Chope (2)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chope.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.pi/

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

• 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

• chopp

Derived terms

• choperia

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Schopp

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

• http://www.friendlyborders.org/news/music-at-heart-timbila-orchestra-of-the-chopi-people/