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Pronunciation / Transliteration: couper
"Il faut couper les légumes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Cut something into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.
"He began to chop the firewood for the winter."
- 1
A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
"She grilled a pork chop for dinner."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English (in the sense 'cut, strike'): probably imitative.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Chop" is said worldwide
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couper
Transliteration: couper
"Il faut couper les légumes."
hacken
Transliteration: hacken
"Er muss das Holz hacken."
tagliare
Transliteration: tagliare
"Devi tagliare le cipolle."
cortar
Transliteration: cortar
"Ella va a cortar la carne."
cortar
Transliteration: cortar
"Ele gosta de cortar lenha."
काटना
Transliteration: katna
"सब्जी काटना बहुत आसान है।"
砍
Transliteration: kǎn
"他在院子里砍柴。"
썰다
Transliteration: sseolda
"양파를 잘게 썰어 주세요."
刻む
Transliteration: kizamu
"野菜を細かく刻む。"
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