supper
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.
Noun
supper (plural suppers)
- Food consumed before going to bed.
- Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
- a fish supper; a pizza supper
Synonyms
- (meal): dinner; evening meal; see also Thesaurus:meal
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
food before going to bed
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dinner at night
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evening meal
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Verb
supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)
- To consume a snack before retiring.
- To eat dinner (see above).
Translations
to eat dinner
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Etymology 2
Noun
supper (plural suppers)
Translations
drinker
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
supper c
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
supper m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
supper f
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