souper

See also: Souper and soupeř

English

Etymology

soup +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French souper (“evening meal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suˈpeː/
  • Hyphenation: sou‧per
  • Rhymes: -eː

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/
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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

Descendants
  • → German: Souper

Verb

souper

  1. to dine
    J'ai hâte d'aller souper! ― I can't wait to dine!

Conjugation
Conjugation of souper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple souper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple soupant
/su.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle soupé
/su.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present soupe
/sup/		 soupes
/sup/		 soupe
/sup/		 soupons
/su.pɔ̃/		 soupez
/su.pe/		 soupent
/sup/
imperfect soupais
/su.pɛ/		 soupais
/su.pɛ/		 soupait
/su.pɛ/		 soupions
/su.pjɔ̃/		 soupiez
/su.pje/		 soupaient
/su.pɛ/
past historic2 soupai
/su.pe/		 soupas
/su.pa/		 soupa
/su.pa/		 soupâmes
/su.pam/		 soupâtes
/su.pat/		 soupèrent
/su.pɛʁ/
future souperai
/su.pʁe/		 souperas
/su.pʁa/		 soupera
/su.pʁa/		 souperons
/su.pʁɔ̃/		 souperez
/su.pʁe/		 souperont
/su.pʁɔ̃/
conditional souperais
/su.pʁɛ/		 souperais
/su.pʁɛ/		 souperait
/su.pʁɛ/		 souperions
/su.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 souperiez
/su.pə.ʁje/		 souperaient
/su.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present soupe
/sup/		 soupes
/sup/		 soupe
/sup/		 soupions
/su.pjɔ̃/		 soupiez
/su.pje/		 soupent
/sup/
imperfect2 soupasse
/su.pas/		 soupasses
/su.pas/		 soupât
/su.pa/		 soupassions
/su.pa.sjɔ̃/		 soupassiez
/su.pa.sje/		 soupassent
/su.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — soupe
/sup/		 — soupons
/su.pɔ̃/		 soupez
/su.pe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

souper m (plural soupers)

  1. supper (meal)
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