supper

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌpɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌpə/

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• Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sopere, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

Noun

supper (countable and uncountable, plural suppers)

1. Food consumed before going to bed.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!

2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

   We normally have supper at 7.

3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

   a pizza supper

   • 2014, Gerald Hansen, An Embarrassment of Riches

     Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.

Synonyms

• (meal): dinner; see also Thesaurus:meal

Derived terms

• kitchen supper
• Last Supper
• Lord's Supper
• lupper
• brupper

Related terms

• soup

Descendants

• → Japanese: サパー (sapā)
• → Maori: hapa
• → Welsh: swper
• → Zulu: îsápha

Translations

food before going to bed

• Afrikaans: aandete (af)
• Albanian: darkë (sq) f
• Arabic: عَشَاء f (ʕašāʔ)
• Armenian: ընթրիք (hy) (əntʻrikʻ)
• Azerbaijani: şam yeməyi
• Bashkir: киске аш (kiske aş)
• Belarusian: вячэ́ра f (vjačéra)
• Bengali: নৈশভোজ (bn) (nōiśobhōj)
• Bikol Central: pamanggi
• Bulgarian: вече́ря (bg) f (večérja)
• Burmese: ညစာ (my) (nya.ca)
• Catalan: sopar (ca) m
• Cebuano: panihapon
• Chechen: пхьор (pḥʳor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜宵 (zh) (yèxiāo), 宵夜 (zh) (xiāoyè), 晚餐 (zh) (wǎncān), 晚飯／晚饭 (zh) (wǎnfàn), 晚饭 (zh) (wǎnfàn)

• Czech: večeře (cs) f
• Dalmatian: caina f
• Danish: aftensmad (da) c
• Dutch: avondeten (nl)
• Estonian: õhtustama
• Finnish: iltapala (fi)
• French: souper (fr) m (in French of France)
• Galician: cea (gl) f
• Georgian: ვახშამი (vaxšami)
• German: Nachtessen (de) n, Nachtimbiss m, Abendessen (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 m (nahtamats)
• Greek: απόδειπνο (el) n (apódeipno)
• Greenlandic: unnukkorsiut
• Hindi: शाम का खाना m (śām kā khānā), रात का खाना m (rāt kā khānā)
• Hungarian: vacsora (késői) (hu)
• Icelandic: kvöldmatur (is) m
• Ingush: пхьор (pḥʳor)
• Italian: cena (it) f, desinare (it) m, pasto serale m
• Japanese: 夜食 (ja) (やしょく, yashoku), 夜ご飯 (よるごはん, yorugohan), 夕食 (ja) (ゆうしょく, yūshoku)
• Kazakh: кешкі ас (kk) (keşkı as)
• Khmer: អាហារពេលល្ងាច (ʼaahaa peil lngiəc), បាយពេលល្ងាច (baay peil lngiəc), សាយមាស (saayaʼmiəh), បាយល្ងាច (baay lngiəc)
• Korean: 저녁밥 (ko) (jeonyeokbap), 저녁 식사(食事) (jeonyeok siksa), 야식(夜食) (ko) (yasik), 밤참 (ko) (bamcham), 석식(夕食) (ko) (seoksik)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەربانگ (ckb) (berbang)

  Northern Kurdish: şîv (ku) f

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• Kyrgyz: кечки тамак (kecki tamak)
• Lao: ອາຫານຄ່ຳ (ʼā hān kham), ອາຫານແລງ (ʼā hān lǣng)
• Latvian: vakariņas f pl, naksniņas f pl (very late)
• Lithuanian: vakarienė f
• Macedonian: вечера f (večera)
• Malayalam: അത്താഴം (ml) (attāḻaṁ)
• Maori: hapa
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: оройн хоол (orojn xool)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aften (no) m, aftensmat (no) m, kvelds m, kveldsmat (no) m, kveldsmåltid n, aftensmåltid n

• Occitan: sopar (oc) m
• Oromo: irbaata
• Persian: شام (fa) (šâm)
• Plautdietsch: Owentkost n
• Polish: kolacja (pl) f, wieczerza (pl) f
• Portuguese: ceia (pt) f
• Romanian: cină (ro) f, supeu (ro) n, masă de seară f
• Russian: у́жин (ru) m (úžin), ве́черя (ru) f (véčerja) (obsolete)
• Sanskrit: नक्तभोजन (sa) n (naktabhojana), सायमाशन n (sāyamāśana), सायमास m (sāyamāsa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вѐчера f

  Roman: vèčera (sh) f

• Slovak: večera f
• Slovene: večerja (sl) f, južina f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wjacerja f

• Spanish: cena (es) f
• Swedish: kvällsmat (sv)
• Tagalog: hapunan, gabihan (after 8 PM)
• Tajik: шом (tg) (šom)
• Thai: ข้าวเย็น (kâao-yen), อาหารเย็น (aa-hǎan-yen)
• Turkish: akşam yemeği (tr)
• Turkmen: agşamlyk (tk)
• Ukrainian: вече́ря f (večérja)
• Uyghur: كەچلىك تاماق (kechlik tamaq)
• Uzbek: kechki ovqat
• Vietnamese: ăn tối
• Westrobothnian: ,
• Yiddish: אָוונטברויט n (ovntbroyt), וועטשערע f (vetshere)

dinner at night

• Afrikaans: aandete (af)
• Arabic: عَشَاء f (ʕašāʔ)
• Armenian: ընթրիք (hy) (əntʻrikʻ)
• Aromanian: tsinã f
• Belarusian: вячэ́ра f (vjačéra)
• Bulgarian: вече́ря (bg) f (večérja)
• Catalan: sopar (ca) m
• Cebuano: panihapon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晚餐 (zh) (wǎncān)

• Czech: večeře (cs) f
• Dalmatian: caina f
• Danish: aftensmad (da)
• Dutch: avondeten (nl)
• Esperanto: vespermanĝo, noktomanĝo
• Finnish: illallinen (fi)
• French: souper (fr)
• Friulian: cene f
• Galician: cea (gl) f
• German: Abendessen (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 m (nahtamats)
• Greek: δείπνο (el) n (deípno) (before 8 PM, larger meal), βραδινό (el) n (vradinó) (8 PM to before 11 PM, smaller meal)

  Ancient: δόρπον n (dórpon) (early usage), δεῖπνον n (deîpnon) (later usage)

• Higaonon: panihapon
• Hungarian: vacsora (hu)
• Irish: suipéar m
• Italian: cena (it) f
• Japanese: 夕食 (ja) (ゆうしょく, yūshoku)
• Korean: 저녁밥 (ko) (jeonyeokbap), 저녁 식사(食事) (jeonyeok siksa), 야식(夜食) (ko) (yasik), 밤참 (ko) (bamcham), 석식(夕食) (ko) (seoksik)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şîv (ku) f

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• Latin: cēna (la) f
• Latvian: vakariņas f pl
• Malayalam: അത്താഴം (ml) (attāḻaṁ)
• Maltese: ċena f
• Maori: hapa
• Norman: soupaïr m (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aften (no) m, aftensmat (no) m, kvelds m, kveldsmat (no) m, kveldsmåltid n, aftensmåltid n

• Oromo: irbaata
• Plautdietsch: Owentkost n
• Polish: kolacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: jantar (pt) m
• Romanian: cină (ro) f, supeu (ro) n, masă de seară f
• Romansch: tschaina f
• Russian: у́жин (ru) m (úžin)
• Sardinian: chena f, cena f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вѐчера f

  Roman: vèčera (sh) f

• Sicilian: cena (scn) f
• Slovak: večera f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wjacerja f

• Spanish: cena (es) f
• Swedish: kvällsmat (sv) c
• Tagalog: hapunan
• Ukrainian: вече́ря f (večérja)
• Urdu: عشائیہ (iśāiyā)
• Vietnamese: bữa chiều
• Yiddish: וועטשערע f (vetshere)

evening meal

• Bulgarian: вечеря (bg) f (večerja)
• Esperanto: vespermangxo
• Galician: cea (gl) f
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• Georgian: ვახშამი (vaxšami)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aften (no) m, aftensmat (no) m, kvelds m, kveldsmat (no) m, kveldsmåltid n, aftensmåltid n

• Swedish: middag (sv) c

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

• Arabic: تَعَشَّى (ar) (taʕaššā)
• Armenian: ընթրել (hy) (əntʻrel)
• Bulgarian: вечерям (večerjam)
• Catalan: sopar (ca)
• Finnish: illallistaa (fi)
• French: souper (fr)
• German: abendessen (de)
• Greek: αποδειπνώ (apodeipnó) (1), δειπνώ (el) (deipnó) (2)
• Latvian: vakariņot
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• Macedonian: ве́чера (véčera)
• Maori: hapa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: none

• Polish: wieczerzać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: jantar (pt)
• Romanian: cina (ro), supa (ro)
• Russian: у́жинать (ru) (úžinatʹ)
• Spanish: cena (es) f, cenar (es)

Etymology 2

sup +‎ -er

Noun

supper (plural suppers)

1. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

Translations

drinker

• Finnish: siemailija
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: vexwer (ku)

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Anagrams

• Ruppes, uppers

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Danish

Noun

supper c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of suppe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

supper m or f

1. indefinite plural of suppe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

supper f

1. indefinite plural of suppe