[shoh-pan; for 1 also French shaw-pan] /ˈʃoʊ pæn; for 1 also French ʃɔˈpɛ̃/
noun
1.
Frédéric François
[fred-uh-rik fran-swah,, fred-rik;; French frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ,, ˈfrɛd rɪk;; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
2.
Kate O'Flaherty, 1851–1904, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
British Dictionary definitions for chopin
Chopin
/ˈʃɒpæn; French ʃɔpɛ̃/
noun
1.
Frédéric (François) (frederik). 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist active in France, who wrote chiefly for the piano: noted for his harmonic imagination and his lyrical and melancholy qualities
chopine
/tʃɒˈpiːn/
noun
1.
a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
Word Origin
C16: from Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking