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Chopin
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chopin
English
<dab!>
Etymology
Borrowed from en fr Chopin: see there for more.
Pronunciation
en /ʃoʊˈpæn/ GA,Canada
Proper noun
~ s
en French.
Frédéric Chopin, a Polish-born classical composer.
1991, Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life, H. Jackson Brown Jr., published by Rutledge Hill Press:34 ♦ Learn to identify the music of Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Derived terms
en Chopinian
Translations
surname
Arabic: ar شُوبَان m f šubān
Bulgarian: bg Шопе́н m f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 蕭邦 siu1 bong1
Mandarin: cmn 肖邦 Xiāobāng, cmn 蕭邦 Xiāobāng
French: fr Chopin m f
Japanese: ja ショパン Shopan
Korean: ko ^쇼팽
Polish: pl Szopen m, pl Chopin
Russian: ru Шопе́н m f
Swedish: sv Chopin
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Chopin is the 36048th 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
Anagrams
en chinop -phonic Pichon cophin phonic pincho
en Individuals
French
Etymology
In some cases, a nickname for a pugnacious person, from fr fro chopin violent blow, diminutive of fro chop blow, from fr la colaphus colpus.
In other cases, a nickname for a tippler,A Dictionary of English Surnames from fr chopine measure of liquid / fr chopiner, from fr chope tankard, from fr gsw Schoppe; see fr chope for more.
Compare en Chapin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mf
fr
References
Italian
it:
Etymology
it fr Chopin.
Pronunciation
Sciopèn<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
mfbysense
it fr surname
References