Chopin

See also: chopin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Chopin, from chopine (“measure of liquid”), from chope (“tankard”), from Alemannic German Schoppe, from Proto-Germanic *skuppōną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. Related to English scoop.

Proper noun

Chopin (countable and uncountable, plural Chopins)

1. A surname from French.
2. Frédéric Chopin, a Polish-born classical composer.

Derived terms

• Chopinian

Translations

surname

• Arabic: شُوبَان m or f (šubān)
• Bulgarian: Шопе́н m or f (Šopén)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蕭邦／萧邦 (siu¹ bong¹)

  Mandarin: 肖邦 (zh) (Xiāobāng), 蕭邦／萧邦 (zh) (Xiāobāng)

• French: Chopin (fr) m or f
• Japanese: ショパン (Shopan)
• Korean: 쇼팽 (Syopaeng)
• Polish: Szopen m, Chopin (pl)
• Russian: Шопе́н (ru) m or f (Šopén)
• Swedish: Chopin

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chopin is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Chopin is most common among White (39.87%), Black/African American (32.8%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.24%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chopin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331.

Anagrams

• -phonic, Pichon, cophin, phonic, pincho

French

Etymology

Nickname for a pugnacious person, from Old French chopin (“violent blow”), diminutive of chop (“blow”), from Latin colpus. Also from chopine (“unit of measure”). Compare Chapin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.pɛ̃/

Proper noun

Chopin m or f

1. a surname

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Chopin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ʃoˈpɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Chopin m or f by sense

1. A surname in French