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/ˈsʌpə/
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General-American:
/ˈsʌpɚ/
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Northern-England:
/ˈsʊpə/
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rhymes with -ʌpə(ɹ)
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An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Atlantic-Canada, Canadian-Prairies, Midwestern-US, South-Africa, countable, uncountable
Examples
We normally have supper at 7.
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A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, countable, slang, uncountable
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A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
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To consume a snack before going to bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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To eat dinner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: dine, dinner
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To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: meal, repast
Narrower terms: Seder, Passover supper
a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
her suppers often included celebrities
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social gathering, social affair
From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.
From sup + -er.
Across languages
Translations 241 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
aandete
— food before going to bed
Albanian :
darkë
— food before going to bed
Arabic :
عَشَاء
(ʕašāʔ)
— food before going to bed
Armenian :
ընթրիք
(əntʻrikʻ)
— food before going to bed
Azerbaijani :
şam yeməyi
— food before going to bed
Bashkir :
киске аш
(kiske aş)
— food before going to bed
Belarusian :
вячэ́ра
(vjačéra)
— food before going to bed
Bengali :
নৈশভোজ
(nōiśobhōj)
— food before going to bed
Central Bikol :
pamanggi
— food before going to bed
Bulgarian :
вече́ря
(večérja)
— food before going to bed
Burmese :
ညစာ
(nya.ca)
— food before going to bed
Catalan :
sopar
— food before going to bed
Cebuano :
panihapon
— food before going to bed
Chechen :
пхьор
(pḥror)
— food before going to bed
Chinese Mandarin :
夜宵
(yèxiāo)
— food before going to bed
Chinese Mandarin :
宵夜
(xiāoyè)
— food before going to bed
Chinese Mandarin :
晚餐
(wǎncān)
— food before going to bed
Chinese Mandarin :
晚飯 /晚饭
(wǎnfàn)
— food before going to bed
Czech :
večeře
— food before going to bed
Dalmatian :
caina
— food before going to bed
Danish :
aftensmad
— food before going to bed
Dutch :
avondeten
— food before going to bed
Estonian :
õhtustama
— food before going to bed
Finnish :
iltapala
— food before going to bed
French :
souper
— food before going to bed
Galician :
cea
— food before going to bed
Georgian :
ვახშამი
(vaxšami)
— food before going to bed
German :
Nachtessen
— food before going to bed
German :
Nachtimbiss
— food before going to bed
German :
Abendessen
— food before going to bed
German :
Nachtmahl
— food before going to bed
Gothic :
𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃
(nahtamats)
— food before going to bed
Greek :
απόδειπνο
(apódeipno)
— food before going to bed
Greenlandic :
unnukkorsiut
— food before going to bed
Hebrew :
אֲרוּחַת עֶרֶב
(arukhát érev)
— food before going to bed
Hindi :
ब्यालू
(byālū)
— food before going to bed
Hungarian :
vacsora (késői)
— food before going to bed
Icelandic :
kvöldmatur
— food before going to bed
Indonesian :
makan malam
— food before going to bed
Ingrian :
iltain
— food before going to bed
Ingush :
пхьор
(pḥror)
— food before going to bed
Italian :
cena
— food before going to bed
Italian :
desinare
— food before going to bed
Italian :
pasto serale
— food before going to bed
Japanese :
夜食
(yashoku)
— food before going to bed
Japanese :
夜ご飯
(yorugohan)
— food before going to bed
Japanese :
夕食
(yūshoku)
— food before going to bed
Kazakh :
кешкі ас
(keşkı as)
— food before going to bed
Khmer :
អាហារពេលល្ងាច
(ʼaahaa peil lngiəc)
— food before going to bed
Khmer :
បាយពេលល្ងាច
(baay peil lngiəc)
— food before going to bed
Khmer :
សាយមាស
(saayaʼmiəh)
— food before going to bed
Khmer :
បាយល្ងាច
(baay lngiəc)
— food before going to bed
Korean :
저녁
(jeonyeok)
— food before going to bed
Korean :
저녁밥
(jeonyeokbap)
— food before going to bed
Korean :
저녁 식사
(jeonyeok siksa)
— food before going to bed
Korean :
야식
(yasik)
— food before going to bed
Korean :
밤참
(bamcham)
— food before going to bed
Korean :
석식
(seoksik)
— food before going to bed
Central Kurdish :
بەربانگ
(berbang)
— food before going to bed
Northern Kurdish :
şîv
— food before going to bed
Kyrgyz :
кечки тамак
(kecki tamak)
— food before going to bed
Lao :
ອາຫານຄ່ໍາ
(ʼā hān kham)
— food before going to bed
Lao :
ອາຫານແລງ
(ʼā hān lǣng)
— food before going to bed
Latvian :
vakariņas
— food before going to bed
Latvian :
naksniņas
— food before going to bed
Laz :
ლიმჯინერი ჯარი
(limcineri cari)
— food before going to bed
Lithuanian :
vakarienė
— food before going to bed
Luganda :
ekyeggulo
— food before going to bed
Macedonian :
вечера
(večera)
— food before going to bed
Malay :
makan malam
— food before going to bed
Malayalam :
അത്താഴം
(attāḻaṁ)
— food before going to bed
Māori :
hapa
— food before going to bed
Mingrelian :
ოსერიშე
(oseriše)
— food before going to bed
Mongolian :
оройн хоол
(orojn xool)
— food before going to bed
Norwegian Bokmål :
aften
— food before going to bed
Norwegian Bokmål :
aftensmat
— food before going to bed
Norwegian Bokmål :
kvelds
— food before going to bed
Norwegian Bokmål :
kveldsmat
— food before going to bed
Norwegian Bokmål :
kveldsmåltid
— food before going to bed
Norwegian Bokmål :
aftensmåltid
— food before going to bed
Occitan :
sopar
— food before going to bed
Oromo :
irbaata
— food before going to bed
Iranian Persian :
شام
(šâm)
— food before going to bed
Plautdietsch :
Owentkost
— food before going to bed
Polish :
kolacja
— food before going to bed
Polish :
wieczerza
— food before going to bed
Portuguese :
ceia
— food before going to bed
Romanian :
cină
— food before going to bed
Romanian :
supeu
— food before going to bed
Romanian :
masă de seară
— food before going to bed
Russian :
у́жин
(úžin)
— food before going to bed
Russian :
ве́черя
(véčerja)
— food before going to bed
Sanskrit :
नक्तभोजन
(naktabhojana)
— food before going to bed
Sanskrit :
सायमाशन
(sāyamāśana)
— food before going to bed
Sanskrit :
सायमास
(sāyamāsa)
— food before going to bed
Serbo-Croatian :
вѐчера
— food before going to bed
Serbo-Croatian :
vèčera
— food before going to bed
Slovak :
večera
— food before going to bed
Slovene :
večerja
— food before going to bed
Slovene :
južina
— food before going to bed
Lower Sorbian :
wjacerja
— food before going to bed
Spanish :
cena
— food before going to bed
Spanish :
resopón
— food before going to bed
Swedish :
kvällsmat
— food before going to bed
Tagalog :
hapunan
— food before going to bed
Tagalog :
gabihan
— food before going to bed
Tajik :
шом
(šom)
— food before going to bed
Tarifit :
amensi
— food before going to bed
Tatar :
кичке аш
(kiçke aş)
— food before going to bed
Thai :
ข้าวเย็น
(kâao-yen)
— food before going to bed
Thai :
อาหารเย็น
(aa-hǎan-yen)
— food before going to bed
Turkish :
akşam yemeği
— food before going to bed
Turkmen :
agşamlyk
— food before going to bed
Ukrainian :
вече́ря
(večérja)
— food before going to bed
Urdu :
رات کا کھانا
(rāt kā khānā)
— food before going to bed
Uyghur :
كەچلىك تاماق
(kechlik tamaq)
— food before going to bed
Uzbek :
kechki ovqat
— food before going to bed
Vietnamese :
ăn tối
— food before going to bed
Yiddish :
אָוונטברויט
(ovntbroyt)
— food before going to bed
Yiddish :
וועטשערע
(vetshere)
— food before going to bed
Yiddish :
קאָלאַציע
(kolatsye)
— food before going to bed
Afrikaans :
aandete
— dinner at night
Arabic :
عَشَاء
(ʕašāʔ)
— dinner at night
Armenian :
ընթրիք
(əntʻrikʻ)
— dinner at night
Aromanian :
tsinã
— dinner at night
Belarusian :
вячэ́ра
(vjačéra)
— dinner at night
Bulgarian :
вече́ря
(večérja)
— dinner at night
Catalan :
sopar
— dinner at night
Cebuano :
panihapon
— dinner at night
Chinese Mandarin :
晚餐
(wǎncān)
— dinner at night
Czech :
večeře
— dinner at night
Dalmatian :
caina
— dinner at night
Danish :
aftensmad
— dinner at night
Dutch :
avondeten
— dinner at night
Esperanto :
vespermanĝo
— dinner at night
Esperanto :
noktomanĝo
— dinner at night
Finnish :
illallinen
— dinner at night
French :
souper
— dinner at night
Friulian :
cene
— dinner at night
Galician :
cea
— dinner at night
German :
Abendessen
— dinner at night
Gothic :
𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃
(nahtamats)
— dinner at night
Greek :
δείπνο
(deípno)
— dinner at night
Greek :
βραδινό
(vradinó)
— dinner at night
Ancient Greek :
δόρπον
(dórpon)
— dinner at night
Ancient Greek :
δεῖπνον
(deîpnon)
— dinner at night
Higaonon :
panihapon
— dinner at night
Hungarian :
vacsora
— dinner at night
Irish :
suipéar
— dinner at night
Italian :
cena
— dinner at night
Japanese :
夕食
(yūshoku)
— dinner at night
Korean :
저녁밥
(jeonyeokbap)
— dinner at night
Korean :
저녁 식사
(jeonyeok siksa)
— dinner at night
Korean :
야식
(yasik)
— dinner at night
Korean :
밤참
(bamcham)
— dinner at night
Korean :
석식
(seoksik)
— dinner at night
Northern Kurdish :
şîv
— dinner at night
Latin :
cēna
— dinner at night
Latvian :
vakariņas
— dinner at night
Malayalam :
അത്താഴം
(attāḻaṁ)
— dinner at night
Maltese :
ċena
— dinner at night
Māori :
hapa
— dinner at night
Middle English :
soper
— dinner at night
Norman :
soupaïr
— dinner at night
Norwegian Bokmål :
aften
— dinner at night
Norwegian Bokmål :
aftensmat
— dinner at night
Norwegian Bokmål :
kvelds
— dinner at night
Norwegian Bokmål :
kveldsmat
— dinner at night
Norwegian Bokmål :
kveldsmåltid
— dinner at night
Norwegian Bokmål :
aftensmåltid
— dinner at night
Oromo :
irbaata
— dinner at night
Plautdietsch :
Owentkost
— dinner at night
Polish :
kolacja
— dinner at night
Portuguese :
jantar
— dinner at night
Romanian :
cină
— dinner at night
Romanian :
supeu
— dinner at night
Romanian :
masă de seară
— dinner at night
Romansh :
tschaina
— dinner at night
Russian :
у́жин
(úžin)
— dinner at night
Sardinian :
chena
— dinner at night
Sardinian :
cena
— dinner at night
Serbo-Croatian :
вѐчера
— dinner at night
Serbo-Croatian :
vèčera
— dinner at night
Sicilian :
cena
— dinner at night
Slovak :
večera
— dinner at night
Lower Sorbian :
wjacerja
— dinner at night
Spanish :
cena
— dinner at night
Swedish :
kvällsmat
— dinner at night
Tagalog :
hapunan
— dinner at night
Tarifit :
amensi
— dinner at night
Ukrainian :
вече́ря
(večérja)
— dinner at night
Urdu :
عِشائِیَہ
('iśāiya)
— dinner at night
Vietnamese :
bữa chiều
— dinner at night
Yiddish :
אָוונטברויט
(ovntbroyt)
— dinner at night
Yiddish :
וועטשערע
(vetshere)
— dinner at night
Yiddish :
קאָלאַציע
(kolatsye)
— dinner at night
Belarusian :
вячэ́ра
(vjačéra)
— evening meal
Bulgarian :
вече́ря
(večérja)
— evening meal
Esperanto :
vespermangxo
— evening meal
Finnish :
illallinen
— evening meal
Finnish :
iltapala
— evening meal
Galician :
cea
— evening meal
Georgian :
ვახშამი
(vaxšami)
— evening meal
Luganda :
ekyeggulo
— evening meal
Middle English :
soper
— evening meal
Norwegian Bokmål :
aften
— evening meal
Norwegian Bokmål :
aftensmat
— evening meal
Norwegian Bokmål :
kvelds
— evening meal
Norwegian Bokmål :
kveldsmat
— evening meal
Norwegian Bokmål :
kveldsmåltid
— evening meal
Norwegian Bokmål :
aftensmåltid
— evening meal
Polish :
obiad
— evening meal
Russian :
у́жин
(úžin)
— evening meal
Swedish :
middag
— evening meal
Ukrainian :
вече́ря
(večérja)
— evening meal
Yiddish :
אָוונטברויט
(ovntbroyt)
— evening meal
Yiddish :
וועטשערע
(vetshere)
— evening meal
Yiddish :
קאָלאַציע
(kolatsye)
— evening meal
Finnish :
siemailija
— drinker
Northern Kurdish :
vexwer
— drinker
Arabic :
تَعَشَّى
(taʕaššā)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Armenian :
ընթրել
(əntʻrel)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Bulgarian :
вечерям
(večerjam)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Catalan :
sopar
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Finnish :
illallistaa
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
French :
souper
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
German :
abendessen
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Greek :
αποδειπνώ
(apodeipnó)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Greek :
δειπνώ
(deipnó)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Latvian :
vakariņot
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Luganda :
okulya ekyeggulo
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Macedonian :
ве́чера
(véčera)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Māori :
hapa
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Norwegian Bokmål :
none
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Polish :
wieczerzać
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Portuguese :
jantar
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Romanian :
cina
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Romanian :
supa
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Russian :
у́жинать
(úžinatʹ)
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Spanish :
cena
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
Spanish :
cenar
— to eat dinner — see also dine, dinner
