soupspoon

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈsupspun/ UK /ˈsuːpspuːn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a large rounded spoon used for eating soup

She set a soupspoon to the right of each plate.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large rounded spoon used... tablespoon spoon

Word family

Related forms soup spoon

Etymology

A compound of soup + spoon. Soup is from French soupe ('broth poured on bread'), of Germanic origin; spoon is from Old English spōn ('chip, splinter of wood'), from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ('chip, sliver').

soupe Middle English spōn Old English

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# soupspoon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsupspun/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsuːpspuːn/

## Meanings
1. a large rounded spoon used for eating soup

## Examples
- She set a soupspoon to the right of each plate.

## Synonyms
- tablespoon
- spoon

## Related Forms
- soup
- spoon

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: soupe
- Root: spōn

## Etymology
A compound of soup + spoon. Soup is from French soupe ('broth poured on bread'), of Germanic origin; spoon is from Old English spōn ('chip, splinter of wood'), from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ('chip, sliver').

## AI Etymology
Soupspoon is a compound of soup + spoon. Soup is from French soupe ('broth poured on bread'), of Germanic origin; spoon is from Old English spōn ('chip, splinter of wood'), from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ('chip, sliver'). The historical chain includes Old French soupe and Old English spōn. Older glosses in the chain include "broth poured on bread", "chip, splinter of wood", and "chip, sliver", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, soupspoon is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a large rounded spoon used for eating soup". related forms include soup and spoon. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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