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3-letter words (3 found)

PUS,SUP,UPS,

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UP,US,

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Definitions and meaning of sup

sup

Translingual

Symbol

sup

  1. (mathematics) supremum

Synonyms

  • (in a lattice) ∨

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌp
  • Homophone: 'sup
  • IPA(key): (abbreviations of supremum and of words beginning with super-) /sup/

Etymology 1

The verb is 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.

The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop.

Verb

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

  1. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
Alternative forms
  • soup

Noun

sup (countable and uncountable, plural sups)

  1. A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
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)

  1. To eat supper.
Alternative forms
  • soup (rare)
Translations

Etymology 3

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

Interjection

sup?

  2. (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
    Synonyms: t'sup, wassup, w'sup, wudup
Alternative forms
  • ssup, 'sup, s'up, zup

Etymology 4

From s- +‎ up.

Adjective

sup (not comparable)

  1. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
    Antonym: sdown
Derived terms
  • sup squark

Etymology 5

First syllable of superintendent.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

  1. (informal) Superintendent.
Alternative forms
  • supe

Etymology 6

First syllable of superior.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

  1. (mathematics) Supremum, upper limit.
Derived terms
  • lim sup

Etymology 7

Clipping of supplement.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

  1. (bodybuilding, colloquial) Supplement.
Descendants
  • → German: Sup

Etymology 8

First syllable of supervision.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

  1. (Cambridge University slang) A supervision.
Alternative forms
  • supe

See also

  • lup sup (etymologically unrelated to any of the above terms)
  • sup kambing (etymologically unrelated to any of the above terms)
  • sup tulang (etymologically unrelated to any of the above terms)

References

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 (plural supe, definite supi, definite plural supet)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder
    Synonyms: mushk, shpatull

Declension

Further reading

  • “sup”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “sup”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]

Czech

Etymology

Inherited 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 (relational adjective supí)

  1. vulture

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “sup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “sup”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • SUP

Etymology

From English SUP, short for standup paddleboard.

Pronunciation

Noun

sup m (plural sups, diminutive supje n)

  1. (sports) a standup paddleboard

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʊp̚]
  • Hyphenation: sup

Noun

sup (plural sup-sup)

  1. soup (primarily liquid food)
    Synonyms: kaldu, kuah
    Satu di antaranya adalah soto dan sup. ― One of them is soto and soup.

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “sup” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

sup m

  1. 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 anim

  1. vulture (bird)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “sup”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “sup”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Nabi

Noun

sup

  1. 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

  1. soup

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sûp/

Noun

sȕp m (Cyrillic spelling су̏п)

  1. vulture
    Synonyms: lèšinār, str̀vinār

Declension

References

  • “sup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sup]

Noun

sup m animal (relational adjective supí)

  1. vulture

Declension

Further reading

  • “sup”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːp

Noun

sup c

  1. (a (complete) drinking of) a drink of hard liquor, a drink
    Synonyms: rackabajsare, pilleknarkare, styrketår
    2. (a (complete) drinking of) a small amount of hard liquor, typically aquavit or another clear liquor, served in a small glass
      Synonyms: snaps, nubbe, hutt
  2. (archaic) a gulp or small quantity of liquid

Usage notes

  • Has a somewhat colloquially folksy tone when of having a drink in general.
  • Small enough to be drunk in one gulp in (sense 1.1), and typically intended to be. Basically a shot, without the modern connotations. Often had with food.

Declension

Derived terms

  • kallsup

Related terms

  • supa

Verb

sup

  1. imperative of supa

References

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

Verb

sup

  1. imperative of supa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English soup.

Noun

sup

  1. soup

Volapük

Noun

sup (nominative plural sups)

  1. soup

Declension


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