chope

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

  • IPA(key): /tʃəʊp/

Verb

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

  1. (Singapore, informal) To reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.

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.

Noun

chope f (plural chopes)

  1. tankard, mug
  2. (colloquial) beer, quick beer, quick one (glass of beer)

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

chope

  1. first-person singular present indicative of choper
  2. third-person singular present indicative of choper
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of choper
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of choper
  5. second-person singular imperative of choper

Anagrams

Further reading

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

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