syrup

English

Alternative forms

• sirup, surp

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪɹəp/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɪɹəp/, /ˈsiː.ɹəp/, /ˈsɝ.əp/

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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
• sizzurp
• syrup of figs
• syrupy

Translations

liquid

• Afrikaans: stroop
• Albanian: shurup (sq) m
• Armenian: մրգահյութ (hy) (mrgahyut’)
• Belarusian: сіроп (be) (siróp) m
• Bulgarian: сироп (bg) (siróp) m
• Catalan: xarop (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖漿 (cmn), 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
• Greek: σιρόπι (el) (sirópi) n
• Hungarian: szirup (hu)
• Icelandic: síróp (is) n
• Italian: sciroppo (it) m

• Japanese: シロップ (ja) (shiroppu), 糖蜜 (ja) (とうみつ, tōmitsu)
• Korean: 시럽 (ko) (sireop)
• Lithuanian: sirupas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Sirro (lb) m
• Malay: sirap (ms)
• Navajo: dáʼákaz bitooʼ
• Polish: syrop (pl) m
• Portuguese: xarope (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: сироп (ru) (siróp) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сируп (sh) m

  Roman: sirup (sh) m

• Spanish: almíbar (es) m, jarabe (es) m
• Swedish: sirap (sv)
• Turkish: şurup (tr)
• Ukrainian: сироп (uk) (syróp) m
• Vietnamese: xi-rô (vi)

Anagrams

• pursy