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chopin

/ʃoʊˈpæn/

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What does chopin mean?

proper noun

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

noun

  1. (obsolete) A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.

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IPA pronunciation

/ʃoʊˈpæn/

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Chopin always first excites me, then sends me to sleep. You see how YOU sleep tonight!”
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
Gradually and imperceptibly the interlude melted into the soft opening minor chords of the Chopin Impromptu.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
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When Thea sat down to take her first lesson from him, she had never heard a work by Beethoven or a composition by Chopin.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
As to Chopin, he was scarcely in a state to derive any benefit from such a journey, and he certainly did not get any.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
It is without either story or ranch; it is about some dilettanteish people who go out to a Kansas sheep farm, talk Chopin, and wash their fingers in finger bowls.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314