noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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