chop

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Derived from Ukrainian Чоп (Čop)

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.

Uncertain, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).

From Middle English choppe (“jaw, jawbone”), related to Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”). Perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.

Borrowed from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”). Closely related to the similarly descended Malay word cap, which likely reinforced the English usage within the Malay world.

Shortening.

Shortening of chopper.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: Чоп (Čop) — city in Ukraine
• Carpathian Rusyn: Чоп (Čop) — city in Ukraine
• German: Tschop — city in Ukraine
• Hungarian: Csap — city in Ukraine
• Marathi: चोप (cop) — city in Ukraine
• Polish: Czop — city in Ukraine
• Romanian: Ciop — city in Ukraine
• Russian: Чоп (Čop) — city in Ukraine
• Slovak: Čop — city in Ukraine
• Ukrainian: Чоп (Čop) — city in Ukraine
• Yiddish: טשאָפּ (tshop) — city in Ukraine
• Afrikaans: tjop — cut of meat
• Albanian: bri — cut of meat
• Albanian: copë — cut of meat
• Armenian: չալաղաջ (čʻalaġaǰ) — cut of meat
• Basque: txuleta — cut of meat
• Bulgarian: пържола (pǎržola) — cut of meat
• Bulgarian: котлет (kotlet) — cut of meat
• Catalan: costella — cut of meat
• Catalan: llonza — cut of meat
• Chinese Mandarin: 排骨 (páigǔ) — cut of meat
• Danish: kotelet — cut of meat
• Dutch: karbonade — cut of meat
• Esperanto: kotleto — cut of meat
• Finnish: kyljys — cut of meat
• French: côtelette — cut of meat
• Galician: costeleta — cut of meat
• German: Kotelett — cut of meat
• German: Rippchen — cut of meat
• Greek: παϊδάκι (païdáki) — cut of meat
• Greek: κοψίδι (kopsídi) — cut of meat
• Greek: μπριζόλα (brizóla) — cut of meat
• Italian: costoletta — cut of meat
• Italian: braciola — cut of meat
• Italian: taglio — cut of meat
• Italian: costata — cut of meat
• Japanese: チョップ (choppu) — cut of meat
• Japanese: コートレット (kōtoretto) — cut of meat
• Korean: 토막고기 (tomakgogi) — cut of meat
• Korean: 토막 (tomak) — cut of meat
• Latin: praecīsum — cut of meat
• Norman: côtelette — cut of meat
• Norwegian Bokmål: kotelett — cut of meat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kotelett — cut of meat
• Polish: kotlet — cut of meat
• Polish: bitka — cut of meat
• Portuguese: corte — cut of meat
• Portuguese: posta — cut of meat
• Romanian: cotlet — cut of meat
• Russian: отбивная (otbivnaja) — cut of meat
• Spanish: chuleta — cut of meat
• Spanish: tajada — cut of meat
• Swedish: kotlett — cut of meat
• Tarifit: taɣezdist — cut of meat
• Vietnamese: lát — cut of meat
• Afrikaans: kap — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Albanian: çare — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Bulgarian: сечащ удар (sečašt udar) — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Esperanto: hako — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Finnish: isku — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Galician: tallada — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• German: Hieb — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Greek: χτύπημα (chtýpima) — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Greek: τσεκουριά (tsekouriá) — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Italian: colpo — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Italian: colpo d'ascia — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Latgalian: škaļdeit — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Latvian: skaldīt — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Portuguese: talhada — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Spanish: tajo — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• Swedish: hugg — blow with an axe or similar utensil
• French: atemi — martial arts: type of blow
• Māori: motonga — martial arts: type of blow
• Swedish: slag — martial arts: type of blow
• Finnish: aallokko — ocean waves
• Swedish: svallvåg — ocean waves
• French: égalité — poker: result of a tied poker hand
• Italian: alla pari — poker: result of a tied poker hand
• Bulgarian: уволнение (uvolnenie) — dismissal, especially from employment
• Finnish: potkut — dismissal, especially from employment
• Greek: απόλυση (apólysi) — dismissal, especially from employment
• Italian: licenziamento — dismissal, especially from employment
• Albanian: copto — to cut into pieces
• Assamese: কুটা (kuta) — to cut into pieces
• Assamese: থহা (thoha) — to cut into pieces
• Assamese: থাহা (thaha) — to cut into pieces
• Assamese: কঁচা (kõsa) — to cut into pieces
• Azerbaijani: doğramaq — to cut into pieces
• Azerbaijani: çapmaq — to cut into pieces
• Azerbaijani: xırdalamaq — to cut into pieces
• Bashkir: турау (turaw) — to cut into pieces
• Bulgarian: накълцвам (nakǎlcvam) — to cut into pieces
• Bulgarian: цепя (cepja) — to cut into pieces
• Bulgarian: сека (seka) — to cut into pieces
• Bulgarian: отсичам (otsičam) — to cut into pieces
• Burmese: တုံး (tum:) — to cut into pieces
• Cherokee: ᎦᎷᏯᏍᎦ (galuyasga) — to cut into pieces
• Chinese Cantonese: 斬 /斩 (zaam2) — to cut into pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 砍 (kǎn) — to cut into pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 砍斷 /砍断 (kǎnduàn) — to cut into pieces
• Ngazidja Comorian: urema — to cut into pieces
• Danish: hakke — to cut into pieces
• Esperanto: haki — to cut into pieces
• Esperanto: haketi — to cut into pieces
• Finnish: hakata — to cut into pieces
• Finnish: pilkkoa — to cut into pieces
• Finnish: paloitella — to cut into pieces
• French: hacher — to cut into pieces
• French: découper — to cut into pieces
• French: couper — to cut into pieces
• Friulian: taiâ — to cut into pieces
• Fwe: têmà — to cut into pieces
• Galician: picar — to cut into pieces
• Georgian: ჩეხა (čexa) — to cut into pieces
• German: hacken — to cut into pieces
• German: zerhacken — to cut into pieces
• German: abhacken — to cut into pieces
• German: schlagen — to cut into pieces
• Greek: λιανίζω (lianízo) — to cut into pieces
• Greek: τεμαχίζω (temachízo) — to cut into pieces
• Greek: πελεκώ (pelekó) — to cut into pieces
• Hungarian: felvág — to cut into pieces
• Hungarian: darabol — to cut into pieces
• Hungarian: aprít — to cut into pieces
• Ingrian: leikata — to cut into pieces
• Ingrian: pilkkoa — to cut into pieces
• Ingrian: hakata — to cut into pieces
• Italian: tagliare — to cut into pieces
• Korean: 썰다 (sseolda) — to cut into pieces
• Latgalian: škaļdeit — to cut into pieces
• Latvian: skaldīt — to cut into pieces
• Lingala: kete — to cut into pieces
• Luxembourgish: hachéieren — to cut into pieces
• Māori: tokitoki — to cut into pieces
• Māori: tuatua — to cut into pieces
• Khiamniungan Naga: tàp — to cut into pieces
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hogga — to cut into pieces
• Persian: خرد کردن (xord kardan) — to cut into pieces
• Polish: siekać — to cut into pieces
• Polish: kroić — to cut into pieces
• Polish: pokroić — to cut into pieces
• Portuguese: picar — to cut into pieces
• Portuguese: decepar — to cut into pieces
• Romanian: toca — to cut into pieces
• Lower Sorbian: rubaś — to cut into pieces
• Spanish: picar — to cut into pieces
• Spanish: tajar — to cut into pieces
• Spanish: trocear — to cut into pieces
• Spanish: retazar — to cut into pieces
• Spanish: retacear — to cut into pieces
• Spanish: tronzar — to cut into pieces
• Tagalog: hapakin — to cut into pieces
• Tamil: நறுக்கு (naṟukku) — to cut into pieces
• Tày: bác — to cut into pieces
• Tày: hẳm — to cut into pieces
• Tetum: taa — to cut into pieces
• Tocharian B: kaut- — to cut into pieces
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغرامق (doğramak) — to cut into pieces
• Vietnamese: chặt — to cut into pieces
• Vietnamese: chém — to cut into pieces
• Záparo: achichanu — to cut into pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 砍斷 /砍断 (kǎnduàn) — to sever with an axe or similar
• Danish: hugge — to sever with an axe or similar
• Dutch: hakken — to sever with an axe or similar
• Esperanto: haki — to sever with an axe or similar
• Faroese: høgga — to sever with an axe or similar
• Finnish: hakata (irti) — to sever with an axe or similar
• French: découper — to sever with an axe or similar
• Galician: tallar — to sever with an axe or similar
• Georgian: ჩეხა (čexa) — to sever with an axe or similar
• German: abhacken — to sever with an axe or similar
• Greek: κόβω (kóvo) — to sever with an axe or similar
• Greek: τέμνω (témno) — to sever with an axe or similar
• Korean: 베다 (beda) — to sever with an axe or similar
• Māori: tokitoki — to sever with an axe or similar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hogga av — to sever with an axe or similar
• Polish: ucinać — to sever with an axe or similar
• Polish: uciąć — to sever with an axe or similar
• Portuguese: talhar — to sever with an axe or similar
• Tày: bác — to sever with an axe or similar
• Tày: hẳm — to sever with an axe or similar
• Tocharian B: kaut- — to sever with an axe or similar
• Vietnamese: chặt — to sever with an axe or similar
• Vietnamese: chém — to sever with an axe or similar
• Albanian: ça — to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
• Albanian: copto — poker: to chop into small pieces with bigger tools like Dao or machete
• Bashkir: сабыу (sabıw) — poker: to chop into small pieces with bigger tools like Dao or machete
• Khiamniungan Naga: tàp — poker: to chop into small pieces with bigger tools like Dao or machete