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zuppa

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian zuppa. Doublet of soup.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zuppa (plural zuppas or zuppe)

  1. Any of various Italian soups.
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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zup.pa/, (traditional) */ˈt͡sup.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uppa
  • Hyphenation: zùp‧pa

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin suppa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, *suppa (“slice of soaked bread; soup”) (whence English soup).

Noun

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zuppa f (plural zuppe)

  1. one of several types of soup
    Synonyms: brodo, minestra, minestrone
    Se non è zuppa è pan bagnato.
    Between two things, there is no substantial difference.
    (literally, “If it isn't soup, it's soaked bread.”)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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zuppa

  1. feminine singular of zuppo

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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zuppa

  1. inflection of zuppare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • zuppa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • zuppa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • zuppa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • zuppa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • zuppa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • zuppa in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • zuppa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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From Late Latin suppa.

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Noun

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zuppa f (plural zuppe)

  1. soup
  2. soaked bread
    • 1789, Nicola Vottiero, Lo Specchio de la Cevertà o siano schirze morale, aliasse lo Calateo napolitano pe chi vo ridere, e ’mpararese de creianza:
      Non hanno da farese le zuppe co lo pretesto de provà si è nzipeto o salato.
      You are not meant to soak bread just to check whether it is salted.

Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin suppa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, *suppa (“slice of soaked bread; soup”) (whence English soup).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sup.pa/, [ˈt̪͡s̪upːa]
  • Rhymes: -uppa
  • Hyphenation: zùp‧pa

Noun

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zuppa f (plural zuppi)

  1. soup
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