supe
English edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /sup/
Noun edit
supe (plural supes)
- (dated, slang, theater) Clipping of supernumerary.: An extra or walk-on.
- Synonym: sup
- 2010, Nora Titone, My Thoughts Be Bloody:
- John Wilkes would go south to Richmond, to join Ford's stock company at the old Marshall Theatre for the 1858–59 season. More work as a supe awaited “J. B. Wilkes,” but his wages this time would be better than in Philadelphia: $440 for the season, the same as his older brother earned in a week.
- (informal) Abbreviation of superintendent.
- Synonym: super
- (informal) Abbreviation of supervisor.
- Synonym: super
- (Cambridge University slang) Clipping of supervision.
- Synonym: sup
- (fiction) Short for superhero.
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Albanian edit
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supe
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supe
French edit
Verb edit
supe
- inflection of super:
Anagrams edit
Inari Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *supē.
Noun edit
supe
Inflection edit
Even e-stem, p-v gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | supe | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | suve | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | supe | suveh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | suve | suuvijd | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | suve | suvij suuvij | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | supán | suuvijd | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | suuveest | suuvijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | suuvijn | suvijguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | suvettáá | suvijttáá | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | suppeen | |||||||||||||||||||||
Partitive | suppeed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
supe m (definite singular supeen, indefinite plural supeer, definite plural supeene)
- alternative spelling of supé
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse súpa, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
supe (present tense syp, past tense saup, supine sope, past participle sopen, present participle supande, imperative sup)
- to sip
Verb edit
supe (present tense supar, past tense supa, past participle supa, passive infinitive supast, present participle supande, imperative supe/sup)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
supe m (definite singular supeen, indefinite plural supear, definite plural supeane)
- alternative spelling of supé
References edit
- “supe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
- puse, supé
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.
Noun edit
supe oblique singular, f (oblique plural supes, nominative singular supe, nominative plural supes)
- soup (comestible liquid)
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Etymology edit
From Old Spanish sope, from Vulgar Latin *sawpi, through methathesis from Latin sapuī, short counterpart to sapīvī.
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