chopine

See also: chopiné

English

reconstruction of a Venetian chopine

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish chapín, from chapa (plate).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tʃəʊˈpiːn/
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  • Rhymes: -iːn

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.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɔ.pin/
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Etymology 1

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Noun

chopine f (plural chopines)

  1. (France, obsolete) a French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to half a pinte that was equivalent to 0.476 liters. Under the monarchy the measure varied from region to region, with the Parisian chopine being equivalent to 0.465 liters. 1 pinte ("quart") = 2 chopines ("pints") = 4 demiards ("half-pints")
  2. (France) a French metric chopine (or metric "pint") equal to 0.250 liters
  3. (Canada) a French Canadian term for an imperial pint, equal to one eighth of an Imperial gallon, 20 Imperial ounces, or 0.568 liters
  4. (France) an amount of wine equivalent to 0.25 liters

Noun

chopine f (plural chopines)

  1. (footwear) chopine (type of platform shoe)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chopine

  1. inflection of chopiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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