# chope
## English
### Etymology

From Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃəʊp/
* (Singapore) IPA: [t͡ʃop̚]
* Rhymes: -əʊp

### Verb

chope (third-person singular simple present chopes, present participle choping, simple past and past participle choped)
* (transitive, informal, Singapore) To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
** 2022 May 15, Jonty Tan, The Local Immigrant, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN:Place a packet of tissues on a table and people will assume it is taken by someone in an act referred to as chope. Others may chope their table with a bag, knowing.

### Anagrams

* Poche, epoch, EPOCH, poché

## Chinook Jargon
### Noun

chope
* grandmother

#### Coordinate terms

* (with regards to gender): chitsh

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɔp/

### Etymology 1

From Alemannic German (Alsatian) Schoppe, which is related to schoppen (“to tuck”). Compare modern German Schoppen.

#### Noun

chope f (plural chopes)
* tankard, mug
* (colloquial) beer, quick beer, quick one (glass of beer)

##### Descendants

* → Brazilian Portuguese: chope

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chope
* inflection of choper:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “chope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* poche, poché

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔpe̝/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

chope m (plural chopes)
* gulp (the usual amount swallowed)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

chope m (plural chopes)
* a good job, business or opportunity

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

chope m (plural chopes)
* marsh, fen

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chope”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chope”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chope”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chope.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo.pi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo.pi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo.pe/
* Hyphenation: cho‧pe

#### Noun

chope m (plural chopes)
* (Brazil) draft beer
    Synonyms: (Center and South of Portugal) imperial, (North of Portugal) fino
* (Brazil, regional, Pará) a frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie
    Synonyms: geladinho, gelinho, dindim, sacolé, chup-chup

##### Alternative forms

* chopp

##### Derived terms

* choperia

##### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Schopp

### Etymology 2

From the name in Chopi, which refers to their use of bows and arrows.

#### Noun

chope m (uncountable)
* Chopi (a language spoken in Mozambique)

### References

* http://www.friendlyborders.org/news/music-at-heart-timbila-orchestra-of-the-chopi-people/

### References

* ↑ “chope”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “chope”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025