Standard Lemma guide

syrup

noun · verb · 8 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: /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/
  • General-American: /ˈsɪɹ.əp/
  • General-American: /ˈsɝ.əp/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Ireland: /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/
  • /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ Dublin
  • /ˈsɪ.ɾəp/ Dublin
  • rhymes with -ɪɹəp
  • rhymes with -ɜːɹəp
  • CMU ARPABET: S ER1 AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S IH1 R AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • maple syrup
  • pancake syrup
  • peaches in syrup

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any viscous liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • cough syrup
  • rose syrup

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Anything overly sweet or sentimental.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A wig.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable

Qualifier: shortened from "syrup of figs"

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To convert or process into syrup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To add syrup to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a thick sweet sticky liquid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sirup

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sweetening, sweetener

Narrower terms: sugar syrup, molasses, sorghum, sorghum molasses, treacle, golden syrup, grenadine, maple syrup, corn syrup

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stroop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Albanian: shurup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Arabic: شَرَاب (šarāb) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Arabic: قَطْر (qaṭr) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Arabic: شِيرَة (šīra) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Arabic: شربات (šarbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Arabic: شيرة (šīra) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Armenian: մրգահյութ (mrgahyutʻ) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Armenian: օշարակ (ōšarak) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Armenian: շարբաթ (šarbatʻ) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Armenian: խտօշարակ (xtōšarak) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Armenian: սիրոպ (sirop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Asturian: almibre — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Azerbaijani: sirop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Azerbaijani: şərbət — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Belarusian: сіро́п (siróp) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Belarusian: сыро́п (syróp) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Bengali: শীরা (śira) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Bulgarian: сиро́п (siróp) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Catalan: xarop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Chinese Cantonese: 糖漿 /糖浆 (tong4 zoeng1) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖漿 /糖浆 (tángjiāng) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果子露 (guǒzilù) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Czech: sirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Danish: sirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Dutch: stroop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Dutch: siroop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Esperanto: siropo — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Estonian: siirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Faroese: siropur — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Finnish: siirappi — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Finnish: sokeriliemi — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • French: sirop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Georgian: სიროფი (siropi) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • German: Sirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Greek: σιρόπι (sirópi) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Ancient Greek: σίραιον (síraion) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Haitian Creole: siwo — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Hebrew: סִירוֹפּ (sírop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Hindi: शर्बत (śarbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Hindi: चाशनी (cāśnī) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Hindi: अर्क़ (arq) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Hindi: रस (ras) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Hungarian: szirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Icelandic: síróp — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Irish: síoróip — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Italian: sciroppo — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Japanese: シロップ (shiroppu) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Japanese: 糖蜜 (tōmitsu) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Kazakh: шәрбат (şärbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Kazakh: сироп (sirop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Khmer: ស៊ីរ៉ូ (siirou) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Korean: 시럽 (sireop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Kyrgyz: сироп (sirop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Kyrgyz: шарбат (şarbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Ladino: שארופי — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Ladino: sharope — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Latin: sapa — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Latvian: sīrups — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Lithuanian: sirupas — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Luxembourgish: Sirro — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Macedonian: сируп (sirup) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Malay: sirap — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Navajo: dáʼákaz bitooʼ — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Pashto: شربت (šarbát) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Iranian Persian: شیرِه (šire) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Iranian Persian: شَرْبَت (šarbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Polish: syrop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Portuguese: xarope — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Romanian: sirop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Russian: сиро́п (siróp) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Scots: seerup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Scottish Gaelic: siorap — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѝруп — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìrup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Slovak: sirup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Slovene: sírup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Spanish: almíbar — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Spanish: jarabe — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Spanish: sirope — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Spanish: arrope — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Swahili: asali — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Swedish: sirap — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Tagalog: harabe — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Tajik: шарбат (šarbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Tajik: сироп (sirop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Thai: น้ําเชื่อม (nám-chʉ̂ʉam) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Turkish: şurup — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Turkish: pekmez — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Turkmen: şerbet — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Turkmen: sirop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Ukrainian: сиро́п (syróp) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Urdu: چاشْنی (cāśnī) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Urdu: عَرَقْ ('araq) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Urdu: رَس (ras) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Urdu: شِیرَہ (śīra) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Urdu: شَرْبَت (śarbat) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Uzbek: sharbat — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Uzbek: sirop — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Vietnamese: xi-rô — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Yiddish: סיראָפּ (sirop) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
  • Yiddish: סירופּ (sirup) — thick liquid that has a high sugar content
Real reading context

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