Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.

  2. 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.

    (countable)A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.

    Suppe

    супsup, похлёбкаpoxljóbka, уха́uxá

    супsup, зу́паzúpa, ю́шкаjúška

  3. (uncountable)The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.

  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.

    any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

  5. Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.

    (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).

  6. (US, countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.

  7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Dope or cocaine.

  8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.

  9. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)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.

    primordial soup

  10. (UK, countable, figuratively, informal, often, uncountable, with definite article)An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.

    Suppe

    переде́лкаperedélka

    an unfortunate situation

  11. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The foamy portion of a wave.

  12. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any random starting pattern, typically studied to see what sorts of resultant more stable patterns emerge when evolved over subsequent generations.

Examples

881 sentences
  1. Will you warm up the soup?

    Ти розігрієш суп? — rozmaita

    ruТы можешь разогреть суп? — kotik

    deKannst du mir die Suppe aufwärmen? — Esperantostern

  2. Add more salt to the soup.

    Додай ще солі у суп. — deniko

    ruДобавьте ещё соли в суп. — odexed

    deGib mehr Salz in die Suppe. — Esperantostern

  3. How did you make this soup?

    Як ти зварив цей суп? — deniko

    ruКак ты варил этот суп? — sharptoothed

  4. Would you like some more soup?

    Бажаєте ще супу? — deniko

  5. Tom made vegetable soup for dinner.

    На вечерю Том приготував овочевий суп. — deniko

    deTom machte Gemüsesuppe zum Abendessen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dish:
Русский
By meaning 2
dish:
unfortunate situation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dish:

Origin

The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from La

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.

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Forms

plural: soups
Singularsoup
Pluralsoups

regular

Word family

64 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • chicken soup
  • soup is too
  • vegetable soup
  • this soup is
  • this soup tastes
  • some chicken soup
  • soup tastes
  • the soup is
  • like the soup
  • tasted the soup
  • in the soup
  • soup needs needs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soup — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto