choper
French, verb/ʃɔ.pe/
choper is spelled C-H-O-P-E-R (6 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choper is a French verb meaning “to steal, nick, pinch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrêter, attraper, saisir”.
What does choper mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto steal, nick, pinch
Mon blouson a éte chopé par un voleur.
- 2
informalto arrest, catch
Il s’est fait choper par les flics en sortant de chez lui.
- 3
informalto pick up, collect a passenger
Veux-tu que je vienne te choper à la gare?
- 4
informalto contract a disease, to develop an illness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arrêter, attraper, saisir. 2. Voler (quelque chose à quelqu’un). 3. Séduire (quelqu’un de précis), ou (intransitif en ce cas) : réussir à sortir avec quelqu’un, à flirter. Plus fréquent en verlan dans ce sens : voir « pécho ». 4. Attraper, recevoir quelque chose de fâcheux, contracter une maladie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of choper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- chopant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- chopé participle past
- chope first-person indicative present
- chopes indicative present second-person
- chopons first-person indicative plural
- chopez indicative plural present
- chopent indicative plural present
- chopais first-person imperfect indicative
- chopait imperfect indicative singular
- chopions first-person imperfect indicative
- chopiez imperfect indicative plural
- chopaient imperfect indicative plural
- chopai first-person historic indicative
- chopas historic indicative past
- chopa historic indicative past
- chopâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce choper?
- /ʃɔ.pe/
- \ʃɔ.pe\
- [ʃɔ.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to choper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is choper in French?
choper appears 4.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).