chopine
\ʃɔ.pin\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chopine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɔ.pin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chopine » en français
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
- 1Ancienne mesure à liquides contenant la moitié de la pinte, soit 0,465 litre.
- 2Mesure de volume valant ⅛ de gallon impérial, soit environ 0,568 litre. Mesure souvent utilisée pour la vente de denrées agricoles (fraises, bleuets, etc.).
- 3Quantité de vin ou de tout autre liquide contenu dans une chopine, demi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chopine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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…
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.