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sirop

See also: Sirop and síróp

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English sirop, sirup, syrop, syroppe, from Old French sirop.

Noun edit

sirop (countable and uncountable, plural sirops)

  1. Obsolete form of syrup.

Etymology 2 edit

From French sirop.[1] Doublet of syrup. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat.

Noun edit

sirop (countable and uncountable, plural sirops)

  1. A concentrated fruit drink; a cordial.
    • 1936, Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table, →ISBN, page 235:
      So it came about that at three o'clock of that same afternoon, Rhoda Dawes and Anne Meredith sat primly on their chairs in Poirot's neat room and sipped blackberry sirop (which they disliked very much but were too polite to refuse) from old-fashioned glasses.
  2. A kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.
    • 1900, Henry Rightor, Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana, pages 675–76:
      It is then dipped into the Flambeau, where it is brushed and cleaned, then passed to the Sirop, where it is further brushed, and finally into the Batterie, where it is concentrated to the granulating point—a density of about 45 degrees Baumé, and with a temperature of about 240 degrees Fahrenheit.

References edit

  1. ^ “sirop, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams edit

French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French sirop, borrowed from Medieval Latin siroppus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “beverage”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /si.ʁo/
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  • IPA(key): /si.ʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

Noun edit

sirop m (plural sirops)

  1. syrup
    sirop d’érable ― maple syrup
    sirop de maïs ― corn syrup

Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: siwo
  • → English: sirop
  • → Esperanto: siropo
  • → Khmer: ស៊ីរ៉ូ (siirou)
  • → Romanian: sirop
  • → Russian: сиро́п (siróp)
  • → Vietnamese: xi-rô

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Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Dutch siroop, from Middle Dutch siroop, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (standard) [ˈsirɔp], (variant) [ˈsirʊp]
  • Hyphenation: si‧rop

Noun edit

sirop (first-person possessive siropku, second-person possessive siropmu, third-person possessive siropnya)

  1. syrup:
    1. any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring.
    2. medication as such.

Alternative forms edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Noun edit

sirop

  1. Alternative form of sirup

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “beverage”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).

Noun edit

sirop oblique singular, m (oblique plural siros, nominative singular siros, nominative plural sirop)

  1. syrup
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 154 of this essay:
      Ce sirop cy oste souverainement opilacion de l’esplain et pour ce il vault en plusieurs choses.
      This syrup gets rid of blockages of the spleen and many other things.

Descendants edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French sirop.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sirop n (plural siropuri)

  1. syrup

Declension edit

Declension of sirop
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sirop siropul (niște) siropuri siropurile
genitive/dative (unui) sirop siropului (unor) siropuri siropurilor
vocative siropule siropurilor

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