sup

See also: SUP, súp, sūp, 'sup, sup., Sup., šup, and суп

Translingual

Symbol

sup

(mathematics) supremum

Synonyms

(in a lattice) ∨

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʌp/
- Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌp
Homophone: 'sup
IPA^(key): (abbreviations of words beginning with super-) /sup/

Etymology 1

From Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck.

Verb

sup (third-person singular simple present sups, present participle supping, simple past and past participle supped)

To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple
  There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
- 1936, George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, chapter 8
  A long, long sup of beer flowed gratefully down his gullet.

Alternative forms

soup

Etymology 2

From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.

Verb

sup (third-person singular simple present sups, present participle supping, simple past and past participle supped)

To take supper.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134:
  ...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, OCLC 688657546:
  I pray you, be seated and sup how you please. You will, I trust, excuse me that I do not join you; but I have dined already, and I do not sup.

Translations

eat supper, dine

Bulgarian: вечерям (večerjam)
Finnish: illastaa (fi), illallistaa (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: δειπνέω (deipnéō)
Latin: cenō

Etymology 3

Procopic form of what's up (“how are you doing?”)

Interjection

sup?

(slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
— Sup?
— Not much.
Synonyms: wassup, wudup

Etymology 4

From s- +‎ up.

Adjective

sup (not comparable)

(physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.

Etymology 5

First syllable of superintendent.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

(informal) Superintendent.
- 1932, Edward Livermore Burlingame, & Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's Magazine - Volume 91, page 64:
  They had put in the stretch-out and they were laying people off and there was talk of a union. "Let's have a union." "Mr. Shaw won't stand for it. The sup won't stand for it."
- 2011, M. Thomas, Not Today, →ISBN, page 212:
  Cpl. Perez, the radio sup said, "Everything checks out OK, Sarge. We're up and working."
- 2012, Caroline Court, Rescuing Park Ranger Billie, →ISBN, page 55:
  But here comes the deputy vehicle, cruising right up to the shelter on the bike path. The sup is a retired county sheriff's deputy.

Alternative forms

supe

Etymology 6

First syllable of superior.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

(mathematics) Supremum, upper limit.
- 2001, Mr. Paul Cashin & Mr. C. John McDermott, The Long-Run Behavior of Commodity Prices, →ISBN:
  Values for the sup W statistic in excess of the 5 percent critical value (2.75 for booms and 2.77 for slumps) indicate rejection of the null hypothesis of no change in the dureation of booms and slumps in real commodity prices.
- 2003 -, Serge Lang -, Complex Analysis, →ISBN, page 271:
  For a wide class of connected open sets U, not necessarily simply connected, one proves the existence of a harmonic function on U having given boundary value (satisfying suitable integrability conditions) by taking the sup of the subharmonic functions having this boundary value.

Etymology 7

Clipping of supplement.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

(bodybuilding, colloquial) Supplement.

Descendants

→ German: Sup

Etymology 8

First syllable of supervision.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

(Cambridge University slang) A supervision.

Alternative forms

supe

Anagrams

PSU, PUS, PUs, UPS, UPs, USP, psu, pus, ups

Albanian

Alternative forms

cup (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsupa, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱupos (compare English hip, Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “vertebra, hollow before the hip (in cattle)”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sup/

Noun

sup m (indefinite plural supe, definite singular supi, definite plural supet)

(anatomy) shoulder
Synonyms: mushk, shpatull

Declension

Declension of sup

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)		definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) sup	(disa) supe	supi	supet
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) sup	(disa) supe	supin	supet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) supi	(disa) supeve	supit	supevet
dative (dhanore)	(një) supi	(disa) supeve	supit	supevet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) supi	(disa) supesh	supit	supevet

Czech

Sup

Etymology

From Old Czech sup, from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ (“vulture”). Cognate with Polish sęp, Lower Sorbian sup, Serbo-Croatian sȕp, and Russian сип (sip).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsup]
Rhymes: -up

Noun

sup m anim

vulture

Declension

Declension of sup

	singular	plural
nominative	sup	supi/supové
genitive	supa	supů
dative	supu/supovi	supům
accusative	supa	supy
vocative	supe	supi/supové
locative	supu/supovi	supech
instrumental	supem	supy

Derived terms

orlosup

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch soep (“soup”), from French soupe, from Latin suppa, from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsʊp̚]
Hyphenation: sup

Noun

sup (first-person possessive supku, second-person possessive supmu, third-person possessive supnya)

soup, any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
Satu di antaranya adalah soto dan sup.[1] ― One of them is soto and soup.
Synonyms: kaldu, kuah

Derived terms

disup
mengesup

References

2007, Soto & Sup Nusantara-Citarasa tradisional, Gramedia Pustaka Utama (→ISBN), page 3.

Italian

Noun

sup m

stand up paddleboard

Anagrams

pus

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ (“vulture”). Cognate with Polish sęp, Czech sup, Serbo-Croatian sȕp, and Russian сип (sip).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sup/

Noun

sup m

vulture (bird)

Declension

Declension of sup

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sup	supa	supy
Genitive	supa	supowu	supow
Dative	supoju	supoma	supam
Accusative	supa	supowu	supy, supow
Instrumental	supom	supoma	supami
Locative	supje	supoma	supach

Nabi

Noun

sup

water

References

transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English soup.

Noun

sup

soup

Serbo-Croatian

Sȕp

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sûp/

Noun

sȕp m (Cyrillic spelling су̏п)

vulture
Synonyms: lèšinār, str̀vinār

Declension

Declension of sup

	singular	plural
nominative	sȕp	sùpoví
genitive	supa	supova
dative	supu	supovima
accusative	supa	supove
vocative	supe	supovi
locative	supu	supovima
instrumental	supom	supovima

References

“sup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Sup

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsup/

Noun

sup m (genitive singular supa, nominative plural supy, genitive plural supov, declension pattern of dub)

vulture

Usage notes

The usage of the 2nd declension pattern is limited to fairy tales and children stories.

Declension

Declension of sup

	singular	plural
nominative	sup	supi
genitive	supa	supov
dative	supovi	supom
accusative	supa	supov
locative	supovi	supoch
instrumental	supom	supmi

Derived terms

supí

Swedish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʉːp

Noun

sup c

a small amount of strong liquor, typically aquavit or another clear liquor served in a small glass
Synonyms: snaps, nubbe, hutt, rackabajsare, pilleknarkare, styrketår
Jag ska ta mig en sup ― I'm gonna have myself a shot of liquor
(archaic) a gulp or small quantity of liquid

Usage notes

Small enough to be drunk in one gulp, and typically intended to be. Basically a shot, without the modern connotations. Often had with food.

Declension

Declension of sup
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sup	supen	supar	suparna
Genitive	sups	supens	supars	suparnas

Derived terms

kallsup

Related terms

supa

References

sup in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
sup in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
sup in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Verb

sup

imperative of supa.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English soup.

Noun

sup

soup

Volapük

Noun

sup (nominative plural sups)

soup

Declension

declension of sup

	singular	plural
nominative	sup	sups
genitive	supa	supas
dative	supe	supes
accusative	supi	supis
vocative ¹	o sup!	o sups!
predicative ²	supu	supus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

[1] 2007, Soto & Sup Nusantara-Citarasa tradisional, Gramedia Pustaka Utama (→ISBN), page 3.

sup

Translingual

Symbol

Synonyms

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Noun

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Verb

Translations

Etymology 3

Interjection

Etymology 4

Adjective

Etymology 5

Noun

Alternative forms

Etymology 6

Noun

Etymology 7

Noun

Descendants

Etymology 8

Noun

Alternative forms

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Italian

Noun

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Nabi

Noun

References

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Noun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Slovak

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation