syrup

EnglishEdit

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب‎ (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ‎ (šariba, “to drink”). Related to sorbet, sherbet. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop.

The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

syrup (countable and uncountable, plural syrups)

thick liquid that has a high sugar content

Afrikaans: stroop
Albanian: shurup (sq) m
Arabic: شَرَاب‎ m (šarāb)
Egyptian Arabic: شربات‎ m (šarbat)

Hijazi Arabic: شيرة‎ f (šīra)
Armenian: մրգահյութ (hy) (mrgahyutʿ)
Belarusian: сіро́п m (siróp)
Bengali: শীরা (śira)
Bulgarian: сиро́п m (siróp)
Catalan: xarop (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 糖漿 (zh), 糖浆 (zh) (tángjiāng), 果子露 (zh) (guǒzilù)
Czech: sirup (cs) m
Danish: sirup
Dutch: stroop, siroop (nl) m
Esperanto: siropo
Estonian: siirup
Faroese: siropur m
Finnish: siirappi (fi), sokeriliemi
French: sirop (fr) m
Georgian: სიროფი (siropi)
German: Sirup (de) m
Greek: σιρόπι (el) n (sirópi)
Ancient: σίραιον n (síraion)
Haitian Creole: siwo
Hebrew: סִירוֹפּ‎ (he) m (siróp)
Hindi: शर्बत (hi) f (śarbat), चाशनी (hi) f (cāśnī), अर्क़ m (arq), रस (hi) m (ras)
Hungarian: szirup (hu)
Icelandic: síróp n
Irish: síoróip f
Italian: sciroppo (it) m
Japanese: シロップ (ja) (shiroppu), 糖蜜 (とうみつ, tōmitsu)
Kazakh: шәрбат (şärbat)
Korean: 시럽 (ko) (sireop)
Kyrgyz: сироп (ky) (sirop)