Added 8 October 2026
soup
/suːp/ noun
In Latin: iūs, iūsculum Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about soup at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food.
- Any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup.
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An unfortunate situation.
we're in the soup now
verb
Origin
The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper. The verb is from the noun.
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