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Meaning of "chopine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHOPINE

From Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHOPINE

chopine  [tʃɒˈpiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHOPINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chopine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHOPINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chopine

A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were originally used as a patten, clog, or overshoe to protect the shoes and dress from mud and street soil. Chopines were popularly worn in Venice by both courtesans and patrician women from ca. 1400-1700. Besides their practical uses, the height of the chopine became a symbolic reference to the cultural and social standing of the wearer; the higher the chopine, the higher the status of the wearer. High chopines allowed a woman to literally and figuratively tower over others. During the Renaissance, chopines became an article of women's fashion and were made increasingly taller; some extant examples are over 20 inches high. Shakespeare joked about the extreme height of the chopines in style in his day by using the word altitude Surviving chopines are typically made of wood, or cork, and those in the Spanish style were sometimes banded about with metal. Extant pieces are covered with leather, brocades, or jewel-embroidered velvet. Often, the fabric of the chopine matched the dress or the shoe, but not always.

Definition of chopine in the English dictionary

The definition of chopine in the dictionary is a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHOPINE


alepine
ˈælɪˌpiːn
alpeen
ˈælpiːn
atropine
ˈætrəˌpiːn
benzodiazepine
ˌbɛnzəʊdaɪˈeɪzəˌpiːn
carbamazepine
ˌkɑːbəˈmæzəˌpiːn
chiltepin
ˌtʃɪlteɪˈpiːn
clozapine
ˈkləʊzəˌpiːn
fillipeen
ˌfɪləˈpiːn
hemiterpene
ˌhɛmɪˈtɜːpiːn
Lycopene
ˈlaɪkəˌpiːn
monoterpene
ˈmɒnəˌtɜːpiːn
nifedipine
naɪˈfɛdɪpiːn
peen
piːn
Philippine
ˈfɪlɪˌpiːn
polypropene
ˌpɒlɪˈprəʊpiːn
propene
ˈprəʊpiːn
sesquiterpene
ˌsɛskwɪˈtɜːpiːn
spalpeen
ˈspælpiːn
terpene
ˈtɜːpiːn
tropine
ˈtrəʊpiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHOPINE

chop
chop chop
chop logic
chop suey
chopfallen
chophouse
Chopin
choplogic
chopped
chopped almonds
chopped tomatoes
chopped-up
chopper
chopper tool
choppers
choppier
choppiest
choppily
choppiness
chopping

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHOPINE

alpine
antilopine
black pine
curvature of the spine
jack pine
lupine
opine
pine
pithecanthropine
porcupine
propine
reserpine
scaloppine
Scotch pine
Scots pine
somatotropine
spine
sugar pine
supine
white pine

Synonyms and antonyms of chopine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chopine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHOPINE

Find out the translation of chopine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chopine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chopine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

chopine
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chopine
570 millions of speakers

English

chopine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chopine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chopine
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Chopine
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chopine
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chopine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chopine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chopine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chopine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chopine
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chopine에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sithik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chopine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chopine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चटणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chopine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chopine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chopine
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Chopine
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chopine
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Chopine
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

chopine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chopine
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chopine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chopine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOPINE»

The term «chopine» is normally little used and occupies the 109.300 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOPINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chopine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chopine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chopine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOPINE»

Discover the use of chopine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chopine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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3D Art Essentials
The companion website includes video tutorials, models, project files, and other resources. This book is endorsed by Daz3d.com and includes exclusive Daz3d models.
Ami Chopine, 2012
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Vue 7: From The Ground Up
Vue 7: From the Ground Up is the only book officially certified by e-on software.
Ami Chopine, Vladimir Chopine, 2012
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The Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature
In Raymond's Voyage through Italy, 1648, 12mo. a "work which is said to have been partly written by Dr. Bar- grave, Prebendary of Canterbury, the following curious .account of the chopine occurs. " Thisj)lace£ Venice] is much frequented by ...
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Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: ...
Take an ounce of water of the leaves of the black nightshade,' and flan ounce of alum and the worth of a blanc' of safli-on, and ij. oz. of verdigris; grind all together as well as you can, and distemper with a chopine' of strong vinegar, and then ...
Mary P. Merrifield, 2012
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Faulkner: a comprehensive guide to the Brodsky collection
priest and others realize that something is up and that word of what the Germans seem to be doing all through the district should be sent to England, too, the priest tells Chopine to try it, gives Chopine the name of an agent in Brest who will get ...
Louis Daniel Brodsky, William Faulkner, 1984
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Hispanic costume, 1480-1530
The front (delantera), also of filigree, carried 8 enamels.577 In a chopine worn by Salome as she receives the head of John the Baptist (Fig. 541) the surround, bright with gold, is adorned with large pearls set about a green or a rose-colored  ...
Ruth Matilda Anderson, 1979
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The Human Comedy: Being the Best Novels from the "Comédie ...
This overture had nothing in it alarming to Galope-Chopine, who bustled about to fill three pitchers at his great cask, while Pille-Miche and Marche-a-Terre, seated at each side of the long table on the glistening benches, cut the bannocks for ...
Honoré de Balzac, Julius Chambers, 1893
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The Human Comedy: Scenes from political life: An episode ...
This overture had nothing in it alarming to Galope-Chopine, who bustled about to fill three pitchers at his great cask, while Pille-Miche and Marche-a-Terre, seated at each side of the long table on the glistening benches, cut the bannocks for ...
Honoré de Balzac, Julius Chambers, 1893
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Scientific unit conversion: a practical guide to metrication
chop anit (synonyms Symbol Physical quanti< apo0ym) chopine (33) chopine ( Us dry) chopine (3Ss liqs) choryga (Egyptian) [Egyptian palm] chsnon (tempon) cices circular inch capacitys volume capacitys volume capacitys volume lengths ...
François Cardarelli, 1997
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Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages
By'r Lady, Your Ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Pray God your voice, like a piece of uncurrent gold, be not cracked within the ring” (2.2.424–8). (A chopine is a thick-soled shoe of Italian ...
David Bevington, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHOPINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chopine is used in the context of the following news items.
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The history of shoes has been frivolous, ridiculous and extreme
Venetian women of status popularised the wearing of a style called the chopine. These platform shoes were often crafted from wood or cork. «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
2
From bound feet to Blahniks, a shoe celebration at London's V&A …
... had 28.5cm wooden bath clogs, and 17th-century Venetian ladies had to balance on their maids to walk in towering "chopine" platforms. «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
3
Shoes and sacrifice: London exhibition explores footwear fashion
... 28.5-centimetre wooden bath clogs and 17th-century Venetian ladies had to balance on their maids to walk in towering “chopine” platforms. «Capital FM Kenya, Jun 15»
4
Let Killer Heels Go the Way of the...
Renaissance Italian women teetered on such impossibly high “chopine” platform shoes that some required attendants to keep them upright. «National Review Online, May 15»
5
The High Heel: A Brief History
Thus the chopine was born. Said to have originated in Venice, the chopine was as high as fifty centimeters, and women of the aristocracy ... «Paste Magazine, May 15»
6
From Louis XIV to Louboutin: 500 years of French footwear
Sandal, spartan, clog, poulaine, chopine, slipper, brogue, ankle strap, Mary Jane, loafer, derby, sneaker, stiletto … the sheer abundance of ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
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Review: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, V&A
Walls are stacked high with cupboards of various shapes and sizes containing everything from embroidered silk chopine shoes, Swarovski ... «The Wharf, Mar 15»
8
​Stepping out: A history of high heels
Women began to adopt high heels for many of the same reasons. One of the oldest pairs on display is a 16th century shoe called the chopine. «CBS News, Feb 15»
9
Rihanna Celebrates Alexander McQueen in Fashion Shoot for …
... Lee McQueen's 1997 collection for Givenchy that pays homage to the 17th century Chopine shoe. RiRi is literally standing atop a pedestal. «BET, Feb 15»
10
The Male-Dominated, Power-Hungry History of High Heels
Italian courtesans wore insane chopines, adopted from the heels worn by aristocratic men. Photo: Getty Images. Don't miss stories. Follow ... «Racked National, Feb 15»

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