soup

== English == === Alternative forms === soop (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /suːp/ (US) enPR: so͞op, IPA(key): /sup/ Rhymes: -uːp === Etymology 1 === The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper. The verb is from the noun. ==== Noun ==== soup (countable and uncountable, plural soups) Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture. c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11: Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […] (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl. (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth. (figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency. (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup). (US, slang) Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking. (cant) Dope or cocaine. (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer. (biology) A liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believed to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth. (UK, informal, often with "the") An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos. (surfing) The foamy portion of a wave. (cellular automata) Any random starting pattern, typically studied to see what sorts of resultant more stable patterns emerge when evolved over subsequent generations. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== supper ===== Descendants ===== → Hindi: सूप (sūp) → Japanese: スープ → Korean: 수프 (supeu) → Malay: sup → Tamil: சூப் (cūp) → Thai: ซุป (súp) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== porridge stew ==== Verb ==== soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped) (uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. (photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution. (obsolete) To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sup, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. More at sup. ==== Verb ==== soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped) Alternative form of sup (“to sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon”). === Etymology 3 === From Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe (“sup; draught”). ==== Noun ==== soup (plural soups) Alternative form of sup (“a sip; a small amount of food or drink”). === Etymology 4 === From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep”). More at sweep. ==== Alternative forms ==== soop ==== Verb ==== soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped) (obsolete) To sweep. === Etymology 5 === From Middle English soupen, suppen, from Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe (“soup”) + -er (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped) Rare form of sup (“to take supper”). === References === === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “soup”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1820. “soup n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === POUs, PUOs, Pous, opus, pous, puso