supper

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Etymology 1

From Middle English sopere, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

Noun

supper (countable and uncountable, plural suppers)

  1. Food consumed before going to bed.
  2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
    We normally have supper at 7.
  3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
    a pizza supper
    • 2014, Gerald Hansen, An Embarrassment of Riches:
      Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.
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  • → Japanese: サパー (sapā)
  • → Maori: hapa
  • → Welsh: swper
  • → Zulu: îsápha
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Verb

supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)

  1. To consume a snack before going to bed.
  2. To eat dinner.
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Etymology 2

sup +‎ -er

Noun

supper (plural suppers)

  1. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
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Danish

Noun

supper c

  1. indefinite plural of suppe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

supper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of suppe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

supper f

  1. indefinite plural of suppe
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