chopin

[ chop-in ]

noun
  1. an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.

  2. a container holding this amount.

Origin of chopin

1
1225–75; Middle English <Middle French chopine <Middle Low German scōpe scoop <Middle Dutch schoepe

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Chopin
[ shoh-pan; for 1 also French shaw-pan ]

noun
  1. Fré·dé·ric Fran·çois [fred-uh-rik fran-swah, fred-rik; French frey-dey-reekfrahn-swa], /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ, ˈfrɛd rɪk; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.

  2. Kate O'Flaherty, 1851–1904, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

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Chopin

/ (ˈʃɒpæn, French ʃɔpɛ̃) /


noun
  1. Frédéric (François) (frederik). 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist active in France, who wrote chiefly for the piano: noted for his harmonic imagination and his lyrical and melancholy qualities

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