syrup
English
/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/, /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/
noun
Definitions
- Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring.
- (by extension) Any viscous liquid.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A wig.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sirup derived from Old French sirop derived from Latin siruppus derived from Arabic شَرَاب (beverage, a drink, coffee, syrup, wine).
Origin
Arabic
شَرَاب
Gloss
beverage, a drink, coffee, syrup, wine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maize English
- maize syrup English
- sirup English
- syrupily English
- syrupiness English
- syruplike English
- syrupy English
- siropus Latin
- siruppus Latin
- sirupus Latin
- sirōpus Latin
- szirup Hungarian
- ahornsiroop Dutch, Flemish
- esdoornsiroop Dutch, Flemish
- limonadesiroop Dutch, Flemish
- siroop Dutch, Flemish
- sirop French
- siroter French
- сироп Russian
- jarabe Spanish, Castilian
- xarope Portuguese
- シロップ Japanese
- sirup Middle English
- sirup Danish
- شَرَاب Arabic
- شَرَاب Arabic
- sirop Old French
- sirop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- شراب Persian
- siroop Middle Dutch
- şarap Turkish
- şurup Turkish
- xi-rô Vietnamese
- şərab Azerbaijani
- শরাব Bengali
- jurub Marshallese
- jurubin Marshallese
- xarabe Old Spanish
- siwo Haitian, Haitian Creole
- شراب Moroccan Arabic
- شراب Hijazi Arabic
- شراب Andalusian Arabic