See also: SUP, súp, 'sup, sup., Sup., šup, and суп

Translingual edit

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sup

  1. (mathematics) supremum

Synonyms edit

  • (in a lattice)

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sʌp/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌp
  • Homophone: 'sup
  • IPA(key): (abbreviations of supremum and of words beginning with super-) /sup/

Etymology 1 edit

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 liquid). More at suck.

The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa.[1] Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (a mouthful or small amount of drink),[2] from Old English sopa,[3] whence sop.

Verb edit

sup (third-person singular simple present sups, present participle supping, simple past and past participle supped)

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

sup (countable and uncountable, plural sups)

  1. A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
    • 1898, Wilfred Woollam, “Fragments from Two Hearts”, in Child Illa and Other Poems, Sheffield: J. Arthur Bain; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., page 163:
      “Then, who,” the sick man meekly said, / “Shall heal the sick and hide the dead?— / “Snatch the despairer’s poisoned cup; / Clothe shame, and give the outcast sup?⁠— / “Lighten, if only by a hair, / The load of human pain and care?”
    • a. 1936, J[oseph] S[mith] Fletcher, “Assault of Hannah’s Castle”, in The Mill House Murder: Being the Last of the Adventures of Ronald Camberwell, Alfred A[braham] Knopf, Inc., published 1937, page 234:
      We’re sisters in a sort and I’ll take Louie home with me and give her sup and shelter.
    • 1936, George Orwell, chapter 8, in Keep the Aspidistra Flying:
      A long, long sup of beer flowed gratefully down his gullet.
    • 2010, Graley Herren, “Beckett on Television”, in S[tanley] E. Gontarski, editor, A Companion to Samuel Beckett, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, part IV (Acts of Performance), page 396:
      The hands touch B upon the head, give him sup from a cup and wipe his brow with a cloth, and finally embrace him as he slumps back down upon his desk.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.

Verb edit

sup (third-person singular simple present sups, present participle supping, simple past and past participle supped)

  1. To eat supper.
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Translations edit

Etymology 3 edit

Procopic form of what's up (how are you doing?)

Interjection edit

sup?

  1. (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
    Synonyms: t'sup, wassup, w'sup, wudup
    Sup?
    — Not much.
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Etymology 4 edit

From s- +‎ up.

Adjective edit

sup (not comparable)

  1. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
    Antonym: sdown
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Etymology 5 edit

First syllable of superintendent.

Noun edit

sup (plural sups)

  1. (informal) Superintendent.
    • 1932, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's Magazine - Volume 91, page 64:
      They had put in the stretch-out and they were laying people off and there was talk of a union. "Let's have a union." "Mr. Shaw won't stand for it. The sup won't stand for it."
    • 2011, M. Thomas, Not Today, →ISBN, page 212:
      Cpl. Perez, the radio sup said, "Everything checks out OK, Sarge. We're up and working."
    • 2012, Caroline Court, Rescuing Park Ranger Billie, →ISBN, page 55:
      But here comes the deputy vehicle, cruising right up to the shelter on the bike path. The sup is a retired county sheriff's deputy.
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Etymology 6 edit

First syllable of superior.

Noun edit

sup (plural sups)

  1. (mathematics) Supremum, upper limit.
    • 2001, Mr. Paul Cashin, Mr. C. John McDermott, The Long-Run Behavior of Commodity Prices, →ISBN:
      Values for the sup W statistic in excess of the 5 percent critical value (2.75 for booms and 2.77 for slumps) indicate rejection of the null hypothesis of no change in the dureation of booms and slumps in real commodity prices.
    • 2003 -, Serge Lang -, Complex Analysis, →ISBN, page 271:
      For a wide class of connected open sets U, not necessarily simply connected, one proves the existence of a harmonic function on U having given boundary value (satisfying suitable integrability conditions) by taking the sup of the subharmonic functions having this boundary value.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 7 edit

Clipping of supplement.

Noun edit

sup (plural sups)

  1. (bodybuilding, colloquial) Supplement.
Descendants edit
  • German: Sup

Etymology 8 edit

First syllable of supervision.

Noun edit

sup (plural sups)

  1. (Cambridge University slang) A supervision.
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See also edit

  • lup sup (etymologically unrelated to any of the above terms)

References edit

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Sup (sɐp), sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165, column 1: “f. Sup v.1 There is no evidence of continuity with OE. súpa (cf. MLG. sûpe, early mod.Du. zuipe, Du. zuip, ON. súpa).”
  2. ^ sǒupe, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “Etymology  OE sūpe / Definitions (Senses and Subsenses) / 1. = sope n.(1).”
  3. ^ sō̆pe, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “Etymology OE sopa / Definitions (Senses and Subsenses) / Note: Cp. soupe n.(2). / 1. A mouthful or small amount of drink; []”.

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *tsupa, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱupos (compare English hip, Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, vertebra, hollow before the hip (in cattle))).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sup m (plural supe, definite supi, definite plural supet)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder
    Synonyms: mushk, shpatull

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Czech edit

 
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Sup

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech sup, from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ (vulture). Cognate with Polish sęp, Lower Sorbian sup, Serbo-Croatian sȕp, and Russian сип (sip).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sup m anim

  1. vulture

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Further reading edit

  • sup in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sup in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch soep (soup), from French soupe, from Latin suppa, from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʊp̚]
  • Hyphenation: sup

Noun edit

sup (first-person possessive supku, second-person possessive supmu, third-person possessive supnya)

  1. soup, any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
    Synonyms: kaldu, kuah
    Satu di antaranya adalah soto dan sup.[1]One of them is soto and soup.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 2007, Soto & Sup Nusantara-Citarasa tradisional, Gramedia Pustaka Utama (→ISBN), page 3.

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Italian edit

Noun edit

sup m

  1. stand up paddleboard

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Lower Sorbian edit

 
sup

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ (vulture). Cognate with Polish sęp, Czech sup, Serbo-Croatian sȕp, and Russian сип (sip).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sup m animal

  1. vulture (bird)

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Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “sup”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “sup”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Nabi edit

Noun edit

sup

  1. water

References edit

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

From English soup.

Noun edit

sup

  1. soup

Serbo-Croatian edit

 
Sȕp

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sȕp m (Cyrillic spelling су̏п)

  1. vulture
    Synonyms: lèšinār, str̀vinār

Declension edit

References edit

  • sup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

 
Sup

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sup m inan (genitive singular supa, nominative plural supy, genitive plural supov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. vulture

Usage notes edit

  • The usage of the 2nd declension pattern is limited to fairy tales and children stories.

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

  • sup”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Noun edit

sup c

  1. (a (complete) drinking of) a drink of hard liquor, a drink
    Synonyms: rackabajsare, pilleknarkare, styrketår
    Jag ska ta mig en sup
    I'm gonna have a drink
    Du verkar stressad, Nisse. Ta dig en sup så att du blir som folk.
    You seem stressed out, Nisse. Have a drink to straighten yourself out.
    1. (a (complete) drinking of) a small amount of hard liquor, typically aquavit or another clear liquor, served in a small glass
      Synonyms: snaps, nubbe, hutt
  2. (archaic) a gulp or small quantity of liquid

Usage notes edit

  • Has a somewhat colloquially folksy tone when of having a drink in general.
  • Small enough to be drunk in one gulp in (sense 1.1), and typically intended to be. Basically a shot, without the modern connotations. Often had with food.

Declension edit

Declension of sup 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sup supen supar suparna
Genitive sups supens supars suparnas

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Verb edit

sup

  1. imperative of supa

References edit

Verb edit

sup

  1. imperative of supa

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English soup.

Noun edit

sup

  1. soup

Volapük edit

Noun edit

sup (nominative plural sups)

  1. soup

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