sup

C2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /sʌp/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like sop /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #17362

Meanings

1

noun
a small amount of liquid food

A sup of ale.
2

verb
To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.

There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup.
3

noun
A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.

Is it stoppin' there you'd be till every sup of the say's dhrained out on us to beyant the King Pharaoh's Islands?
4

verb
To eat supper.

...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a small amount of liquid food swallow

Word family

Forms supped

Simplified etymology

Sup is an Old English word that goes back to the same root as sip, sop, and supper; soup derives from the French form of that word.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *suppōną Proto-Germanic *sūpaną Proto-West Germanic *sūpan Old English sūpan Middle English soupen English sup The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take...

Topics

Food & Drink

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# sup

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /sʌp/
**Frequency rank:** 17362

## Meanings
1. a small amount of liquid food
2. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
3. A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.
4. To eat supper.

## Examples
- A sup of ale.
- There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup.
- Is it stoppin' there you'd be till every sup of the say's dhrained out on us to beyant the King Pharaoh's Islands?
- ...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup.

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *suppōną Proto-Germanic *sūpaną Proto-West Germanic *sūpan Old English sūpan Middle English soupen English sup The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take...

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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