syrup
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over…Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
» This tastes like cough syrup.
Це на смак схоже на сироп від кашлю.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
maple syrup
pancake syrup
Sirup
сиро́пsiróp
сиро́пsyróp
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any viscous liquid.
cough syrup
rose syrup
a thick sweet sticky liquid
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
(Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable)A wig.
Examples
78 sentencesThis tastes like cough syrup.
Це на смак схоже на сироп від кашлю. — deniko
We've run out of syrup.
У нас закінчився сироп. — deniko
This is syrup.
Це сироп. — deniko
ruЭто сироп. — odexed
Tom poured syrup on his pancakes.
Tom likes maple syrup on his pancakes.
ruТом любит кленовый сироп на оладьях. — lingvokrolik
deTom mag Ahornsirup auf seinen Pfannkuchen. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, fFrom Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat.
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Forms
plural: syrupsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a thick sweet sticky liquid:sirup
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable