sirup

English

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /sIr@p/

Alternative forms

• syrup generally considered standard

Etymology

French sirop. (Compare Italian siroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Late Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شراب (šarāb, “a drink, wine, coffee, syrup”)). Compare sherbet.

Noun

sirup (plural sirups)

1. (obsolete) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
2. (obsolete) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.

   • Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. --John Keats.

Derived terms

• Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.

Translations

syrup — see syrup

Anagrams

• puris

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪrʊp/

Noun

sirup m

1. syrup (liquid)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sǐrup/
• Hyphenation: si‧rup

Noun

sìrup m (Cyrillic spelling сѝруп)

1. syrup

Declension

    declension of sirup

	singular	plural
nominative	sirup	sirupi
genitive	sirupa	sirupa
dative	sirupu	sirupima
accusative	sirup	sirupe
vocative	sirupe	sirupi
locative	sirupu	sirupima
instrumental	sirupom	sirupima