syrup

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Etymology

Old French sirop, from Arabic شراب (šarāb, “beverage”), from شرب (šáriba, “to drink”).

Related to sorbet, sherbet.

Noun

syrup (countable and uncountable; plural syrups)

1. Any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high sugar content. Also any viscous liquid.

   maple syrup

   pancake syrup

2. (Cockney rhyming slang; shortened from syrup of figs) A wig.

Derived terms

• glucose syrup
• golden syrup
• maple syrup
• palm syrup
• simple syrup
• syrup of figs
• syrupy

Translations

liquid

Afrikaans: stroop Albanian: shurup (sq) m. Armenian: մրգահյութ  (hy) (mrgahyut’) Chinese: Mandarin: 糖浆  (cmn) (tángjiāng) Czech: sirup (cs) m. Dutch: siroop (nl) m. Esperanto: siropo (eo) Finnish: siirappi (fi) French: sirop (fr) m. Georgian: სიროფი  (ka) (sirop’i) German: Sirup (de) m. Hungarian: szirup (hu)

Italian: sciroppo (it) m. Japanese: シロップ (ja) (shiroppu), 糖蜜 (ja) (とうみつ, tōmitsu) Korean: 시럽 (ko) (sireob) Lithuanian: sirupas (lt) Luxembourgish: Sirro (lb) m. Polish: syrop (pl) m. Portuguese: xarope (pt) m. Russian: сироп (ru) (siróp) m. Spanish: almíbar (es) m., jarabe (es) m. Swedish: sirap (sv) Turkish: şurup (tr) Vietnamese: xi-rô (vi)

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