soup

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /sup/ UK /suːp/ See IPA manual

Freq #2108

Meanings

1

noun
A liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in water or stock.

Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.

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Word family

Forms soupedsoupingsoups

Derived forms nonsoupsoup-and-fishsoup-shapedsoup-to-nutssouped-upsoupersoupfinsoupfulsoupifysoupingsouplesssouplike

Related forms porridge stew supper

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Proverbs (1)

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Too many cooks spoil the broth
Matching variant: Too many cooks spoil the soup

Simplified etymology

Soup entered English in the Middle English period from the French form of the same word as sop. It belongs to a wider family that also includes sip, sup, and supper.

Etymology

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.

soupe Middle English suppa la-lat *supô Proto-Germanic

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# soup

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /sup/
**IPA (UK):** /suːp/
**Frequency rank:** 2108

## Meanings
1. A liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in water or stock.

## Examples
- Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.

## Derived Forms
- nonsoup
- soup-and-fish
- soup-shaped
- soup-to-nuts
- souped-up
- souper
- soupfin
- soupful
- soupify
- souping
- soupless
- souplike

## Related Forms
- porridge
- stew
- supper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: soupe
- Root: suppa
- Root: *supô

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
The noun soup 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. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English soupe, Old French soupe, la-lat suppa, Proto-Germanic *supô. In current use it includes the sense A liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in water or stock.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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