Phrase guide

soup du jour

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsuːp duː ˈʒʊə/
  • General-American: /ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/
  • General-American: /ˌsup du ˈʒʊɹ/
  • rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Soup of the day; today's soup; whatever soup is sold under that name in a particular restaurant and/or on a particular day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • “What's your soup du jour today?” “Cream of tomato, just like every day.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plat du jour

2

noun

Meaning 2

the soup that a restaurant is featuring on a given day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soup

History

Etymology

From French soupe du jour (literally “soup of the day”). See du jour.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَساء اليَوْم (ḥasāʔ al-yawm) — soup of the day
  • Finnish: päivän keitto — soup of the day
  • French: soupe du jour — soup of the day
  • German: Tagessuppe — soup of the day
  • Italian: zuppa del giorno — soup of the day
  • Manx: anvroie yn laa — soup of the day
  • Polish: zupa dnia — soup of the day
  • Portuguese: sopa do dia — soup of the day
  • Russian: суп дня (sup dnja) — soup of the day
  • Spanish: sopa del día — soup of the day
  • Yiddish: הײַנטיקע זופּ (hayntike zup) — soup of the day