different between souper vs sopper

English

Etymology

soup +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sup?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?su?p?/
• Rhymes: -u?p?(?)
• Homophone: super
• Hyphenation: soup?er

Noun

souper (plural soupers)

1. (Ireland, historical) Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
2. (Ireland, historical) A (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.

   Synonym: swaddler

   Croghan Soupers

Related terms

• souperism

Anagrams

• Roupes, poseur, rose up, supero-, uprose

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French souper (“evening meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?pe?/
• Hyphenation: sou?per
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

souper m (plural soupers, diminutive soupertje n)

1. A dinner, the main meal taken in the evening.

French

Etymology

From Middle French soupper, from Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.pe/

Noun

souper m (plural soupers)

1. (Switzerland, Belgium, Quebec, Louisiana) dinner (the main evening meal)

   Veuillez m'excuser, je serai en retard pour le souper.

   Excuse me, I'll be late for dinner.

2. (France) a light meal eaten at night, after the main evening meal

Verb

souper

1. To dine.

   J'ai hâte d'aller souper!

   I can't wait to dine!

Conjugation

Related terms

• soupe

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• poseur, proues

Norman

Etymology

From Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).

Noun

souper m (plural soupers)

1. supper (meal)

English

Etymology

sop +? -er

Noun

sopper (plural soppers)

1. One who sops.
   • 18??, Thomas Hood, Ode to St. Swithin

     The very Dryads are not dry, but soppers, / And from the Houses' eaves / Tumble eaves-droppers.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Anagrams

• OPREPs, pre-ops, preops, repops

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sopper m

1. indefinite plural of sopp