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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French souper (“evening meal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suˈpeː/
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  • 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, Missouri, New England, 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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