different between dessert vs supper

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??z??t/
• (US) enPR: d?-zûrt, IPA^(key): /d??z?t/
• Homophone: desert (verb)
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)

1. A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

Synonyms

• (sweet final course of a meal): afters (UK informal), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (dez?to)

Translations

Anagrams

• deserts, tressed

Danish

Etymology

From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”).

Noun

dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)

1. dessert

Inflection

Further reading

• “dessert” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?r/, /d??s?rt/
• Hyphenation: des?sert
• Rhymes: -?r, -?rt

Noun

dessert n (plural desserten or desserts, diminutive dessertje n)

1. A dessert.

   Synonyms: nagerecht, naspijs, toespijs, toetje

Derived terms

• dessertkaart

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dessert

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)

1. dessert

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• magustoit

Further reading

• dessert in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.s??/

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

1. dessert, pudding

Derived terms

• cuillère à dessert

Descendants

Verb

dessert

1. third-person singular present indicative of desservir

Further reading

• “dessert” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• déserts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)

1. dessert

References

• “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)

1. dessert

References

• “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) dessert

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) dultsch

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)

1. dessert

Further reading

• “dessert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?p?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?p?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sopere, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

Noun

supper (countable and uncountable, plural suppers)

1. Food consumed before going to bed.
2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

   a fish supper; a pizza supper

Synonyms

• (meal): dinner; see also Thesaurus:meal

Derived terms

• kitchen supper
• Last Supper
• Lord's Supper
• lupper
• brupper

Related terms

• soup

Translations

Verb

supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)

1. To consume a snack before retiring.
2. To eat dinner (see above).

Translations

Etymology 2

sup +? -er

Noun

supper (plural suppers)

1. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

Translations

Anagrams

• Ruppes, uppers

Danish

Noun

supper c

1. indefinite plural of suppe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

supper m or f

1. indefinite plural of suppe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

supper f

1. indefinite plural of suppe