supper

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• Rhymes: -ʌpə(r)

Noun

supper (plural suppers)

1. Food consumed before going to bed.
2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
3. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

Translations

food before going to bed

Afrikaans: aandete (af) Arabic: عشاء (ar) (3asháa’) f. Armenian: ընթրիք (ënt'rik') Bosnian: večera (bs) f. Chinese: 夜宵 (yèxiāo) Dalmatian: caina f. Dutch: avondeten (nl) Finnish: iltapala (fi) French: souper (fr) (in French of France) German: Nachtessen (de) n., Nachtimbiß (de) m. Greek: απόδειπνο (el) (apódeipno) n. Hungarian: vacsora (hu) (késői) Japanese: 夜食 (やしょく, yashoku), 夜ご飯　(よるごはん, yorugohan) Kurdish: Kurmanji: şîv (ku) f. Sorani: به‌ربانگ (berbang)

Latvian: vakariņas f. pl., naksniņas f. pl. (very late) Macedonian: вечера (mk) (véčera) f. Portuguese: ceia (pt) f. Romanian: cină (ro) Russian: ужин (ru) (úžin) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: вечера (sr) f. Roman: večera f. Spanish: cena (es) f. Swedish: kvällsmat (sv) Tagalog: hapunan (tl)

dinner at night

Afrikaans: aandete Arabic: عشاء (ar) (3asháa’) f. Armenian: ընթրիք (ënt'rik') Aromanian: tsinã f. Bosnian: večera (bs) f. Bulgarian: вечеря (bg) (večerja) f. Chinese: 晚餐 (wǎncān) Croatian: večera (hr) f. Czech: večeře (cs) f. Dalmatian: caina f. Danish: aftensmad (da) Dutch: avondeten (nl) Finnish: illallinen (fi) French: souper (fr) German: Abendessen (de) n. Greek: δείπνο (el) (deípno) n., δείπνος (el) (deípnos) m. (obsolete) Hungarian: vacsora (hu) Irish: suipéar (ga) m. Italian: cena (it) f. Japanese: 夕食 (ゆうしょく, yūshoku)

Korean: 저녁식사 (jeonyeoksiksa) Kurdish: Kurmanji: şîv (ku) f. Latvian: vakariņas f. pl. Maltese: ċena (mt) f. Norwegian: aftensmat (no) Polish: kolacja (pl) f. Portuguese: jantar (pt) m. Romanian: cină (ro) f. Russian: ужин (ru) (úžin) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: вечера (sr) f. Roman: večera f. Slovak: večera (sk) f. Spanish: cena (es) f. Swedish: kvällsmat (sv) c. Ukrainian: вечеря (uk) (večerja) f. Urdu: عشائیہ (ʕišháya:’)

drinker

Finnish: siemailija Kurdish: Kurjanji: vexwer (ku)

Derived terms

• Last Supper
  
• Lord's Supper

See also

• Meals

Verb

supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)

1. To consume a snack before retiring.
2. To eat dinner (see above).

Translations

to eat dinner

Armenian: ընթրել (ënt'rel) Finnish: illallistaa (fi) German: abendessen (de) Greek: αποδειπνώ (el) (apodeipnó) (1), δειπνώ (el) (deipnó) (2) Latvian: vakariņot

Portuguese: jantar (pt) Russian: ужинать (úžinat’) Spanish: cena (es) f., cenar (es) Swedish: äta (sv) middag (sv)

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Danish

Noun

supper c.

1. plural indefinite of suppe