chopine
French, noun
chopine is spelled C-H-O-P-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chopine is a French feminine noun meaning “a French metric chopine (or metric "pint") equal to 0.250 liters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of chopiner. With an accent, chopiné is a different word: “past participle of chopiner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne mesure à liquides contenant la moitié de la pinte, soit 0,465 litre”.
What does chopine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletea French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to half a pinte that was equivalent to 0.476 liters. Under the monarchy the measure varied from region to region, with the Parisian chopine being equivalent to 0.465 liters. 1 pinte ("quart") = 2 chopines ("pints") = 4 demiards ("half-pints")
- 2
femininea French metric chopine (or metric "pint") equal to 0.250 liters
- 3
Canadafemininea French Canadian term for an imperial pint, equal to one eighth of an Imperial gallon, 20 Imperial ounces, or 0.568 liters
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femininean amount of wine equivalent to 0.25 liters
noun
- 1
femininechopine (type of platform shoe)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of chopiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne mesure à liquides contenant la moitié de la pinte, soit 0,465 litre. 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. Quantité de vin ou de tout autre liquide contenu dans une chopine, demi.
noun: 1. Chaussure à plateforme.
noun: 1. Cylindrique en cuivre ou en bois que l’on place dans le corps de pompe au dessus du piston ou de la heuse d’une pompe, en sa partie supérieure elle est garnie d’un clapet en cuir servant de soupape.
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 chopine
- chopines plural
- chopinée feminine
- chopinés masculine plural
- chopinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chopine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chopine in French?
chopine appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).