supe

See also: supé

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from super, ultimately from supernumerary.

Noun

supe (plural supes)

1. (dated, slang, theater) A extra or walk-on.
   • 2010, Nora Titone, My Thoughts Be Bloody:

     John Wilkes would go south to Richmond, to join Ford's stock company at the old Marshall Theatre for the 1858–59 season. More work as a supe awaited “J. B. Wilkes,” but his wages this time would be better than in Philadelphia: $440 for the season, the same as his older brother earned in a week.

Etymology 2

Shortened from superintendent.

Noun

supe (plural supes)

1. (informal) A superintendent.

Alternative forms

• sup

Anagrams

• spue

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsupɛ]

Noun

supe

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of sup

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsupɛ]

Noun

supe

1. vocative singular of sup

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French

Verb

supe

1. first-person singular present indicative of super
2. third-person singular present indicative of super
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of super
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of super
5. second-person singular imperative of super

Anagrams

• pues, pués

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *supē.

Noun

supe

1. aspen

Inflection

Even e-stem, p-v gradation
Nominative	supe
Genitive	suve
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	supe	suveh
Accusative	suve	suuvijd
Genitive	suve	suvij suuvij
Illative	supán	suuvijd
Locative	suuveest	suuvijn
Comitative	suuvijn	suvijguin
Abessive	suvettáá	suvijttáá
Essive	suppeen
Partitive	suppeed
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Old French

Alternative forms

• sope, soupe, souppe

Etymology

From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Noun

supe f (oblique plural supes, nominative singular supe, nominative plural supes)

1. soup (comestible liquid)

Derived terms

• soper

Descendants

• Middle French: souppe
  • French: soupe (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: soupe, souope
  • → Dutch: soep
    • Afrikaans: soep
    • → Indonesian: sup
    • → Papiamentu: sòpi (from the diminutive)
  • → Middle English: soupe, sowpe
    • English: soup
• → Middle High German: suppe
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: supp

    Mòcheno: supp

  • German: Suppe (with influence from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch sope) (see there for further descendants)
  • Hunsrik: Supp
  • Luxembourgish: Zopp
  • Pennsylvania German: Supp
  • Yiddish: זופּ‎ (zup)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsupe/

Verb

supe

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of saber.