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soupspoon

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A soupspoonful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soup spoon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spoon

History

Etymology

From soup + spoon.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِلْعَقَة اَلْحَسَاء — spoon for eating soup
  • Bulgarian: супена лъжица (supena lǎžica) — spoon for eating soup
  • Burmese: ဟင်းသောက်ဇွန်း (hang:saukjwan:) — spoon for eating soup
  • Chinese Cantonese: 湯匙 /汤匙 (tong1 ci4) — spoon for eating soup
  • Chinese Cantonese: 湯羹 /汤羹 — spoon for eating soup
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湯匙 /汤匙 (tāngchí) — spoon for eating soup
  • Dutch: soeplepel — spoon for eating soup
  • Finnish: keittolusikka — spoon for eating soup
  • French: cuillère à soupe — spoon for eating soup
  • German: Suppenlöffel — spoon for eating soup
  • German: Esslöffel — spoon for eating soup
  • German: Löffel — spoon for eating soup
  • Indonesian: sudu sup — spoon for eating soup
  • Irish: spúnóg anraith — spoon for eating soup
  • Italian: cucchiaio da minestra — spoon for eating soup
  • Japanese: 散蓮華 (chirirenge) — spoon for eating soup
  • Japanese: スープスプーン (sūpu supūn) — spoon for eating soup
  • Khmer: ស្លាបព្រាបាយ (slaap prie baay) — spoon for eating soup
  • Lao: ບ່ວງຕັກແກງ (būang tak kǣng) — spoon for eating soup
  • Macedonian: супена лажица (supena lažica) — spoon for eating soup
  • Malay: sudu sup — spoon for eating soup
  • Portuguese: colher de sopa — spoon for eating soup
  • Romanian: lingură de supă — spoon for eating soup
  • Russian: столо́вая ло́жка (stolóvaja lóžka) — spoon for eating soup
  • Spanish: cuchara sopera — spoon for eating soup
  • Spanish: cuchara de sopa — spoon for eating soup
  • Swahili: kijiko cha supu — spoon for eating soup
  • Thai: ช้อนซุป (chɔ́ɔn-súp) — spoon for eating soup
  • Vietnamese: thìa xúp — spoon for eating soup
  • Volapük: supaspun — spoon for eating soup
  • Welsh: llwy gawl — spoon for eating soup