Chaplin

See also: chaplin

English

Alternative forms

• Chaplain

Etymology

An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæplɪn/

Proper noun

Chaplin

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
   1. Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
2. A place name:
   1. A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
   4. A community of Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   5. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality.
   6. The Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164, a rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan.

Derived terms

• Chaplinesque
• Chaplinian
• Charlie Chaplin mustache

Translations

transliterations of the surname

• Arabic: تْشَابْلِن (tšāblin)
• Bulgarian: Ча́плин m or f (Čáplin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卓別林 / 卓别林 (Zhuóbiélín), 查普林 (Chápǔlín)

• Japanese: チャップリン (Chappurin)
• Korean: 채플린 (Chaepeullin)
• Marathi: चॅप्लिन (cĕplin)
• Russian: Ча́плин (ru) (Čáplin)