supe
English
Alternative forms
- sup (superintendent or supervision)
- super
Etymology
Clipping of super
Noun
supe (plural supes)
- (dated, slang, theater) Clipping of supernumerary.: An extra or walk-on.
- Synonym: sup
- 2010, Nora Titone, My Thoughts Be Bloody:
- John Wilkes would go south to Richmond, to join Ford's stock company at the old Marshall Theatre for the 1858–59 season. More work as a supe awaited “J. B. Wilkes,” but his wages this time would be better than in Philadelphia: $440 for the season, the same as his older brother earned in a week.
- (informal) Abbreviation of superintendent.
- Synonym: super
- (informal) Abbreviation of supervisor.
- Synonym: super
- (Cambridge University slang) Clipping of supervision.
- Synonym: sup
- (fiction) Short for superhero.
- Synonyms: sup, super
Anagrams
- spue
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsupɛ]
Noun
supe
- indefinite nominative/accusative plural of sup
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsupɛ]
Noun
supe
- vocative singular of sup
French
Verb
supe
- inflection of super:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- pues, pués
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *supē.
Noun
supe
- aspen
Inflection
Even e-stem, p-v gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | supe | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | suve | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | supe | suveh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | suve | suuvijd | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | suve | suvij suuvij | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | supán | suuvijd | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | suuveest | suuvijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | suuvijn | suvijguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | suvettáá | suvijttáá | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | suppeen | |||||||||||||||||||||
Partitive | suppeed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
supe m (definite singular supeen, indefinite plural supeer, definite plural supeene)
- alternative spelling of supé
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse súpa, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²sʉː.pə/
Verb
supe (present tense syp, past tense saup, supine sope, past participle sopen, present participle supande, imperative sup)
- to sip
Verb
supe (present tense supar, past tense supa, past participle supa, passive infinitive supast, present participle supande, imperative supe/sup)
- to drink alcohol (regularly)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʉˈpeː/
Noun
supe m (definite singular supeen, indefinite plural supear, definite plural supeane)
- alternative spelling of supé
References
- “supe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- puse, supé
Old French
Alternative forms
- sope, soupe, souppe
Etymology
From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.
Noun
supe f (oblique plural supes, nominative singular supe, nominative plural supes)
- soup (comestible liquid)
Derived terms
- soper
Descendants
- Middle French: souppe
- French: soupe (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: soupe, souope
- → Dutch: soep
- Afrikaans: soep
- Negerhollands: soep, sop
- → Caribbean Hindustani: supu
- → Caribbean Javanese: sop, sup, supu
- → Indonesian: sup
- → Papiamentu: sòpi (from the diminutive), soppi
- → Middle English: soupe, sowpe
- English: soup
- → Middle High German: suppe
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: supp
- Mòcheno: supp
- German: Suppe (with influence from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch sope) (see there for further descendants)
- Hunsrik: Supp
- Luxembourgish: Zopp
- Pennsylvania German: Supp
- Yiddish: זופּ (zup)
- Bavarian:
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsupe/ [ˈsu.pe]
- Rhymes: -upe
- Syllabification: su‧pe
Verb
supe
- first-person singular preterite indicative of saber