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chioppine

chioppine is the alternative form of chopine.

Meaning of chopine

Noun

chopine (plural chopines)

  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. (historical, footwear) A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
    • Byrlady your Ladyſhip is neerer Heauen then when I ſaw you laſt, by the altitude of a Choppine.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of chioppine

pluralchioppines

Questions about chioppine

What is chioppine the alternative form of?
Chioppine is the alternative form of chopine.

Words near chioppine in the dictionary

  1. chionophilous
  2. chionophobe
  3. chionophobes
  4. chionophobia
  5. chionophobous
  6. chioppine
  7. chioppines
  8. Chios
  9. Chiot
  10. Chiots
  11. Chiou

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chioppine (page history and authors); chopine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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