syrup en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪ.ɾəp/ Dublin
- /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ (Ireland)
- /ˈsɪɹ.əp/ (General-American)
- /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ Dublin
- /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈsɝ.əp/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
maple syrup
pancake syrup
peaches in syrup
With jellies soother than the creamy curd, / And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; [...]
1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza XXX, page 98:In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge.
1922, Arthur J. P. Williams, Rural Industries of the West Country, page 42:
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) Any viscous liquid.
cough syrup
rose syrup
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 266:
- (Cockney, countable, qualifier:shortened from "syrup of figs", slang, uncountable) A wig.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sirop | alternative | lexicographic | |
| syrups | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sirup | alternative | lexicographic | |
| syrop | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pancake syrup · snail syrup · golden syrup · simple syrup · glucose syrup · syruplike · syrup of figs · palm syrup · maple syrup urine disease · glucose-fructose syrup · high-fructose maize syrup · bar syrup · bucket of syrup · high fructose corn syrup · corn syrup · rose syrup · syrupy · maize syrup · cane syrup · sorghum syrup · Canadian as maple syrup · syrup of ipecac · syruper · sizzurp · high-fructose corn syrup · green syrup · cough syrup · refiner's syrup · coffee syrup · maple syrup
Descendants
syrop · syrup · シラップ · jurub · 시럽 · સીરપ · sirapu · isiraphu · סירופ · surop · syryp
Translations (106)
hy շարբաթ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · fo siropur (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sq shurup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · fi siirappi (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ky шарбат (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · fa-ira شیرِه (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tl harabe (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ru сиро́п (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ar قَطْر (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · th น้ำเชื่อม (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hi चाशनी (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · bn শীরা (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hy խտօշարակ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hy օշարակ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · mk сируп (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · fa-ira شَرْبَت (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · lb Sirro (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · lt sirupas (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · nv dáʼákaz bitooʼ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · la sapa (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · cmn 糖漿 /糖浆 (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tr şurup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sk sirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ht siwo (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hi रस (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · pt xarope (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hu szirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sco seerup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · kk шәрбат (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ar شِيرَة (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · yi סירופּ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · arz شربات (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · nb sirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · lv sīrups (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ur رَس (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · az sirop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · da sirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · it sciroppo (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · af stroop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · uz sirop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · cs sirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tg сироп (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · et siirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tr pekmez (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · grc σίραιον (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ja 糖蜜 (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · es almíbar (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ar شَرَاب (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ko 시럽 (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · mt ġulepp (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ga síoróip (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · de Sirup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hi अर्क़ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · be сыро́п (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · az şərbət (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · cmn 果子露 (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · uz sharbat (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hy սիրոպ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sv sirap (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · acw شيرة (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · es arrope (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · be сіро́п (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sl sírup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · gd siorap (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · bg сиро́п (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sh сѝруп (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · is síróp (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ms sirap (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · vi xi-rô (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · km ស៊ីរ៉ូ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · es jarabe (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · aeb سِيرُو (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sw asali (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hy մրգահյութ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ka სიროფი (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ps شربت (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · fi sokeriliemi (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ca xarop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · eo siropo (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · yue 糖漿 /糖浆 (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ur چاشْنی (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tk şerbet (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ky сироп (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · pl syrop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · lad sharope (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · he סִירוֹפּ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · aeb شرُوبُو (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · nl stroop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · kk сироп (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · el σιρόπι (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ur عَرَقْ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ast almibre (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · fr sirop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · nl siroop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · hi शर्बत (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tg шарбат (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · lad שארופי (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · sh sìrup (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · yi סיראָפּ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ur شَرْبَت (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · es sirope (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · uk сиро́п (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ja シロップ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ro sirop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · ur شِیرَہ (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) · tk sirop (thick liquid that has a high sugar content)