Chopin
/ʃoʊˈpæn/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint. obsolete
"I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin."
- 2 the music of Chopin wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from French. countable, uncountable
- 2 Frédéric Chopin, a Polish-born classical composer. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Chopin sits at the piano and begins to play."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French Chopin: see there for more.
Etymology 2
Variant of chopine, borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -in.