syrup

English

Alternative forms

• sirup, surp

Etymology

From Middle English sirup, from Anglo-French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شراب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شرب (šáriba, “to drink”). Related to sorbet, sherbet. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope.

The first known use of sirup was in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹəp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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 m
• Armenian: մրգահյութ (mrgahyutʿ)
• Belarusian: сіроп m (siróp)
• Bulgarian: сироп m (siróp)
• Catalan: xarop m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖漿, 糖浆 (zh) (tángjiāng)

• Czech: sirup (cs) m
• Dutch: siroop (nl) m
• Esperanto: siropo
• Faroese: siropur m
• Finnish: siirappi (fi)
• French: sirop (fr) m
• Georgian: სიროფი (sirop’i)
• German: Sirup (de) m
• Greek: σιρόπι (el) n (sirópi)
• Hungarian: szirup
• Icelandic: síróp n
• Italian: sciroppo (it) m

• Japanese: シロップ (shiroppu), 糖蜜 (とうみつ, tōmitsu)
• Korean: 시럽 (ko) (sireop)
• Lithuanian: sirupas
• Luxembourgish: Sirro m
• Malay: sirap
• Navajo: dáʼákaz bitooʼ
• Persian: شیره (fa) (šire)
• Polish: syrop (pl) m
• Portuguese: xarope (pt) m
• Romanian: sirop (ro) n
• Russian: сироп (ru) m (siróp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сируп m

  Roman: sirup m

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

Anagrams

• pursy