supper

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Etymology

Old French soper. Compare French souper.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ)

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 (hy) (ënt'rik')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜宵 (cmn) (yèxiāo)

• Czech: večeře (cs) f
• 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 (ja) (やしょく, yashoku), 夜ご飯 (ja) (よるごはん, yorugohan)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: şîv (ku) f

  Sorani: به‌ربانگ (berbang)

• Latvian: vakariņas (lv) f pl, naksniņas (lv) f pl (very late)
• Macedonian: вечера (mk) (véčera) f
• Norwegian: kveldsmat (no) m, nattmat (no) m (very late)
• Portuguese: ceia (pt) f
• Romanian: cină (ro), supeu (ro) n, masă de seară (ro) f
• Russian: ужин (ru) (úžin) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вечера (sh) f

  Roman: večera (sh) f

• Spanish: cena (es) f
• Swedish: kvällsmat (sv)
• Tagalog: hapunan (tl)

dinner at night

• Afrikaans: aandete (af)
• Arabic: عشاء (ar) (3asháa’) f
• Armenian: ընթրիք (hy) (ënt'rik')
• Aromanian: tsinã (rup) f
• Bulgarian: вечеря (bg) (večerja) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晚餐 (cmn) (wǎncān)

• 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)
• Guernésiais: soupaïr m
• Hungarian: vacsora (hu)
• Irish: suipéar (ga) m
• Italian: cena (it) f
• Japanese: 夕食 (ja) (ゆうしょく, yūshoku)

• Korean: 저녁식사 (ko) (jeonyeoksiksa)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: şîv (ku) f

• Latvian: vakariņas (lv) f pl
• Maltese: ċena (mt) f
• Norwegian: aftensmat (no), kveldsmat (no) m
• Polish: kolacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: jantar (pt) m
• Romanian: cină (ro) f, supeu (ro) n, masă de seară (ro) f
• Russian: ужин (ru) (úžin) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вечера (sh) f

  Roman: večera (sh) f

• Slovak: večera (sk) f
• Spanish: cena (es) f
• Swedish: kvällsmat (sv) c
• Ukrainian: вечеря (uk) (večerja) f
• Urdu: عشائیہ (ur) (ʕišháya:’)
• Vietnamese: bữa chiều (vi)

drinker

• Finnish: siemailija (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: vexwer (ku)

Derived terms

• kitchen supper
• 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 (hy) (ënt'rel)
• Finnish: illallistaa (fi)
• German: abendessen (de)
• Greek: αποδειπνώ (el) (apodeipnó) (1), δειπνώ (el) (deipnó) (2)
• Latvian: vakariņot (lv)
• Macedonian: вечера (mk) (véčera)

• Portuguese: jantar (pt)
• Romanian: cina (ro), supa (ro)
• Russian: ужинать (ru) (úžinat’)
• Spanish: cena (es) f, cenar (es)
• Swedish: äta (sv) middag (sv)

Anagrams

• uppers

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Danish

Noun

supper c

1. plural indefinite of suppe