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chopine

/tʃəʊˈpiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chopine
IPA
/tʃəʊˈpiːn/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -ine. Doublet of chopin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /tʃəʊˈpiːn/

Inflected Forms

chopines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

calcagnetti pianella zoccolo

Synonyms

platform

Rhymes With

been between mean seen green clean scene machine queen screen magazine golden mean

Questions

How do you pronounce chopine?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃəʊˈpiːn/.
What does chopine mean?
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
Where does chopine come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce chopine

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