souper

See also: Souper and soupeř

English

Etymology

From soup +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsupɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːpə/
• Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
• 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

• pea-souper
• souperism
• soup kitchen
• soupmaker

 

See also

• petit souper
• stewer

 

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French souper (“evening meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpeː/

• Audio:

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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/

• Audio:

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Noun

souper m (plural soupers)

1. (Switzerland, Belgium, North America, Congo, Rwanda) 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, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) 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).

Related terms

• soupe

Further reading

• “souper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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)