Chopin, Kate Syllabification: (Cho·pin, Kate)Pronunciation: /ˈSHōˌpan, SHōˈpan/Definition of Chopin, Kate (1851–1904), US novelist and short-story writer; full name Kate O’Flaherty Chopin. Notable works: Bayou Folk (1894), A Night in Acadie (1897), and The Awakening (1899). Chopin, Kate in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Chopin, Kate in the British & World English dictionary