chopin
US/ʃoʊˈpæn/
chopin noun: a liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
Noun
chopin (plural chopins)
- A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
- I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.1742, Virgil, “Appendix to the Georgicks”, in James Hamilton, transl., Virgil’s Pastorals Translated into English Prose; as also His Georgicks, […], Edinburgh: Printed by W. Cheyne, […]; [s]old by J....
Proper noun capitalized: Chopin
Chopin (countable and uncountable, plural Chopins)
Forms of chopin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chopins |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chopins |
Origin of chopin
Variant of chopine, borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -in.
Borrowed from French Chopin: see there for more.
Words formed from chopin
Questions about chopin
- What does chopin mean?
- Chopin means a liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
- What part of speech is chopin?
- Chopin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chopin?
- Chopin is pronounced /ʃoʊˈpæn/ (US).
- What is the plural of chopin?
- The plural of chopin is chopins.
Words near chopin in the dictionary
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