souper
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsupɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsuːpə/
- Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
- Homophone: super
- Hyphenation: soup‧er
Noun
editsouper (plural soupers)
- (Ireland, historical) Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
- (Ireland, historical) A (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.
- Synonym: swaddler
- Croghan Soupers
Related terms
editSee also
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editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French souper (“evening meal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsouper m (plural soupers, diminutive soupertje n)
French
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French soupper, from Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsouper m (plural soupers)
- (Switzerland, Belgium, North America, Congo, Rwanda) dinner (the main evening meal)
- Veuillez m’excuser, je serai en retard pour le souper.
- Excuse me, I'll be late for dinner.
- (France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) a light meal eaten at night, after the main evening meal
Descendants
edit- → German: Souper
Verb
editsouper
- to dine
- J’ai hâte d’aller souper! ― I can't wait to dine!
Conjugation
editConjugation of souper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | souper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soupant /su.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soupé /su.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soupe /sup/ |
soupes /sup/ |
soupe /sup/ |
soupons /su.pɔ̃/ |
soupez /su.pe/ |
soupent /sup/ |
| imperfect | soupais /su.pɛ/ |
soupais /su.pɛ/ |
soupait /su.pɛ/ |
soupions /su.pjɔ̃/ |
soupiez /su.pje/ |
soupaient /su.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soupai /su.pe/ |
soupas /su.pa/ |
soupa /su.pa/ |
soupâmes /su.pam/ |
soupâtes /su.pat/ |
soupèrent /su.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | souperai /su.pʁe/ |
souperas /su.pʁa/ |
soupera /su.pʁa/ |
souperons /su.pʁɔ̃/ |
souperez /su.pʁe/ |
souperont /su.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | souperais /su.pʁɛ/ |
souperais /su.pʁɛ/ |
souperait /su.pʁɛ/ |
souperions /su.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
souperiez /su.pə.ʁje/ |
souperaient /su.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soupe /sup/ |
soupes /sup/ |
soupe /sup/ |
soupions /su.pjɔ̃/ |
soupiez /su.pje/ |
soupent /sup/ |
| imperfect2 | soupasse /su.pas/ |
soupasses /su.pas/ |
soupât /su.pa/ |
soupassions /su.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
soupassiez /su.pa.sje/ |
soupassent /su.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soupe /sup/ |
— | soupons /su.pɔ̃/ |
soupez /su.pe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “souper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editNorman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).
Noun
editsouper m (plural soupers)
- supper (meal)
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