chopine

\ʃɔ.pin\

/\ʃɔ.pin\/ noun

The verdict

“chopine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne mesure à liquides contenant la moitié de la pinte, soit 0,465 litre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chopine · chopine · French

chopine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for chopine
PropertyValue
Headwordchopine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔ.pin\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chopine » en français

chopinesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chopine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ.pin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for chopine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chopine, spelled C-H-O-P-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne mesure à liquides contenant la moitié de la pinte, soit 0,465 litre.
  2. 2
    Mesure de volume valant ⅛ de gallon impérial, soit environ 0,568 litre. Mesure souvent utilisée pour la vente de denrées agricoles (fraises, bleuets, etc.).
  3. 3
    Quantité de vin ou de tout autre liquide contenu dans une chopine, demi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chopine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. CHOPINE, en allemand schoppen, en anglais chopin. Mesure de capacité pour liquides. En Allemagne et en Suisse, la chopine représente constamment le ¼ du mass ou pot ; en France, dans les Antilles françaises et en Écosse, elle forme la moitié de la pinte. Dans divers endroits de l’Allemagne, le ¼ du pot ou la chopine s’appelle souvent noessel ou oessel, qu…
  2. Chopine d’étain.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chopine"?
"chopine" is spelled C-H-O-P-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.pin\.
What does "chopine" mean?
As a noun, "chopine" means: Ancienne mesure à liquides contenant la moitié de la pinte, soit 0,465 litre.
How do you pronounce "chopine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chopine" is \ʃɔ.pin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chopine" come from?
"chopine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list