Cho·pin (sh??p?n?, sh?-p?N?), Frédéric François 1810-1849. Polish-born French composer noted for the emotional expressiveness of his works for solo piano, many of which adopt the rhythms of Polish folk music.Cho·pin (sh??p?n?), Kate O’Flaherty 1851-1904. American writer whose works, such as The Awakening (1899), portray Creole life in Louisiana.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Chopin (???pæn; French ??p??) n (Biography) 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 qualitiesCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chop?in (?t??p ?n) n. chopine. Cho?pin (??o? pæn; for 1 also Fr. ?o??p??) n. 1. Frédéric François, 1810?49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831. 2. Kate O’Flaherty, 1851?1904, U.S. short-story writer and novelist. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.