Soup in Different Languages
Discover 'Soup' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Soup
Afrikaans sop | ||
Albanian supë | ||
Amharic ሾርባ | ||
Arabic حساء | ||
Armenian ապուր | ||
Assamese ছু’প | ||
Aymara kaltu | ||
Azerbaijani şorba | ||
Bambara naji | ||
Basque zopa | ||
Belarusian суп | ||
Bengali স্যুপ | ||
Bhojpuri सूप | ||
Bosnian supa | ||
Bulgarian супа | ||
Catalan sopa | ||
Cebuano sabaw | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 汤 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 湯 | ||
Corsican suppa | ||
Croatian juha | ||
Czech polévka | ||
Danish suppe | ||
Dhivehi ސޫޕް | ||
Dogri सूप | ||
Dutch soep | ||
English soup | ||
Esperanto supo | ||
Estonian supp | ||
Ewe detsi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sabaw | ||
Finnish keitto | ||
French soupe | ||
Frisian sop | ||
Galician sopa | ||
Georgian სუპი | ||
German suppe | ||
Greek σούπα | ||
Guarani tykue'i | ||
Gujarati સૂપ | ||
Haitian Creole soup | ||
Hausa miya | ||
Hawaiian hupa | ||
Hebrew מרק | ||
Hindi सूप | ||
Hmong kua zaub | ||
Hungarian leves | ||
Icelandic súpa | ||
Igbo ofe | ||
Ilocano sabaw | ||
Indonesian sup | ||
Irish anraith | ||
Italian la minestra | ||
Japanese スープ | ||
Javanese sup | ||
Kannada ಸೂಪ್ | ||
Kazakh сорпа | ||
Khmer ស៊ុប | ||
Kinyarwanda isupu | ||
Konkani शाबू | ||
Korean 수프 | ||
Krio sup | ||
Kurdish şorbe | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شۆربا | ||
Kyrgyz шорпо | ||
Lao ແກງ | ||
Latin pulmenti | ||
Latvian zupa | ||
Lingala supu | ||
Lithuanian sriuba | ||
Luganda supu | ||
Luxembourgish zopp | ||
Macedonian супа | ||
Maithili सूप | ||
Malagasy lasopy | ||
Malay sup | ||
Malayalam സൂപ്പ് | ||
Maltese soppa | ||
Maori hupa | ||
Marathi सूप | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯝꯍꯤ | ||
Mizo tuiril | ||
Mongolian шөл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဟင်းချို | ||
Nepali सूप | ||
Norwegian suppe | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) msuzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସୁପ୍ | ||
Oromo shoorbaa | ||
Pashto سوپ | ||
Persian سوپ | ||
Polish zupa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sopa | ||
Punjabi ਸੂਪ | ||
Quechua lawa | ||
Romanian supă | ||
Russian суп | ||
Samoan supo | ||
Sanskrit आसवं | ||
Scots Gaelic brot | ||
Sepedi sopo | ||
Serbian супа | ||
Sesotho sopho | ||
Shona muto | ||
Sindhi سوپ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සුප් | ||
Slovak polievka | ||
Slovenian juha | ||
Somali maraq | ||
Spanish sopa | ||
Sundanese sup | ||
Swahili supu | ||
Swedish soppa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sabaw | ||
Tajik шӯрбо | ||
Tamil சூப் | ||
Tatar аш | ||
Telugu సూప్ | ||
Thai ซุป | ||
Tigrinya ሳሙና | ||
Tsonga supu | ||
Turkish çorba | ||
Turkmen çorba | ||
Twi (Akan) nkwan | ||
Ukrainian суп | ||
Urdu سوپ | ||
Uyghur شورپا | ||
Uzbek osh | ||
Vietnamese súp | ||
Welsh cawl | ||
Xhosa isuphu | ||
Yiddish זופּ | ||
Yoruba bimo | ||
Zulu isobho |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "sop" (soup) derives from the Portuguese "so" (broth), not the English "soup". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word “supë” is cognate with Ancient Greek “zomos,” meaning “liquid” or “broth.” |
| Amharic | "Shorba" is also a type of dish with bread soaked in sauce. |
| Arabic | The word "حساء" (soup) in Arabic can also mean "to reckon" or "to think". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "şorba" in Azerbaijani can also refer to broth or bouillon. |
| Basque | Zopa is also a Basque surname, derived from the word for a muddy, boggy hollow, "zopa" or "zubi". |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "суп" can mean not only "soup", but also "broth" or "stew". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, 'স্যুপ' also means 'slush' or 'liquid mud'. |
| Bosnian | "Supa" is also a term of endearment for a young girl in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word “супа” has a Slavic origin and its cognates in other Slavic languages refer to sauces, broths, and stews, but not necessarily soups. |
| Catalan | Catalan "sopa" can mean toasted bread, which soaks up the broth of stews and sauces. |
| Cebuano | The word "sabaw" can also refer to the broth of food. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese characters for "soup" are a pictograph of a steaming hot pot with food, and are used in Japanese and Korean as well. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "湯" (Traditional) is a character in Chinese which has the same pronunciation and meaning of 「汤」 in simplified Chinese, and both of which are pronounced as "tang" in pinyin. It also means hot liquid, and can be used as the surname Tang in Chinese culture, which shares the same origin as "堂". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "suppa" also refers to a particular type of thick stew made with beans or chickpeas. |
| Croatian | The word "juha" also means "broth" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "polévka" is also used to refer to a watery solution or suspension, such as gravy or sauce. |
| Danish | Suppe is the German word for soup and its spelling is a remnant of the old Danish word 'sup' used before soup was borrowed from French. |
| Dutch | The word `soep` can also mean a large gathering of people, like a party or a meeting. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "supo" also means "broth". |
| Estonian | In Estonian, the word "supp" can also refer to a type of fermented beverage made from oats or barley. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "keitto" originated from the Proto-Germanic word for "to boil". |
| French | While the word "soupe" in French means "soup" in English, it also refers to a dish of boiled vegetables or a broth. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "sop" can also refer to a broth or a sauce. |
| Galician | In Galician, 'sopa' can also refer to a slice of bread dipped in a liquid, or a piece of bread soaked in milk or wine. |
| Georgian | The word "სუპი" ("soup") is derived from the French word "soupe," which is likely derived from the Latin word "suppa," meaning "bread soaked in liquid." |
| German | The word derives from the Old Dutch "sop", which referred to soaked pieces of bread. |
| Greek | Σούπα derives from the Turkish word 'çorba' and can also refer to 'broth'. |
| Gujarati | "સૂપ "comes from the Old French word "soupe" which refers to a broth or liquid dish |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "soup" can mean either "soup" or "food" more generally. |
| Hausa | The word "miya" also means "broth" or "stew" in Hausa, and is used in this sense in many dishes. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hupa" can also refer to a traditional Hawaiian feast. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word `מרק` originally meant `broth` in Yiddish, but its meaning has since expanded to include all types of soup. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "सूप" (soup) also refers to a type of coarse cloth that resembles a sieve and is used for straining liquids. |
| Hmong | “Kua zaub” is also the name of a dish made from boiled pork, chicken feet, pigs ears, pork rinds, and offal. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "leves" also refers to "juice" or "broth" and may derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *leuh₁- "to separate, dissolve". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "súpa" can also refer to a kind of sweet pudding or porridge, similar to the Scottish "sup" or "sowans". |
| Igbo | In addition to signifying "soup," the Igbo term "ofe" also refers to a specific type of soup made with pumpkin seeds and palm oil. |
| Indonesian | In Javanese, "sup" means "water" and is typically used to refer to a dish with a broth base. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'anraith' originates from the Old Irish 'anroth', meaning 'a measure of food'. |
| Italian | "Minestra" is originally a feminine form of "ministrare" (to serve) and it may also mean "portion of food" (like in the plural "minestre") or "alms" in some contexts. |
| Japanese | In the 16th century, the word スープ originally meant "rice porridge" and is thought to have entered Japanese from Portuguese. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "sup" also means "to inhale", which is evident in the phrase "sup napas" (to breathe in). |
| Kannada | ಸೂಪ್ (soup) originates from Kannada word 'ಸುಪ್ಪು' meaning 'juice' and also refers to broth in Kannada cuisine. |
| Kazakh | The word "сорпа" in Kazakh comes from the Old Turkic word "сор", meaning "to drink". It originally referred to the liquid part of a meal, and only later came to mean the entire dish. |
| Khmer | The word "ស៊ុប" ("soup") in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "sup," which also means "juice" or "broth". |
| Korean | The Korean word 수프 (soup) originates from the French word soupe, which ultimately derives from the Germanic word suppa meaning "to sip". |
| Kurdish | Şorbe shares its etymology with the word "şurup" (syrup) in Arabic and means both "soup" and "syrup" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "шорпо" comes from the Turkic word "çorba" meaning "stew" and is related to the Mongolian word "shor" meaning "liquid". |
| Lao | The word |
| Latin | "Pulmentum" in Latin also means "a mess of pottage, porridge, or mush". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "zupa" is cognate with the Lithuanian word "sriuba" and the Old Prussian word "surpe", and originally meant "sour liquid". |
| Lithuanian | The word "sriuba" also had meanings of "broth", "sauce" and "juice" in old Lithuanian |
| Luxembourgish | Zopp can mean either a liquid or an edible mass made up of different elements and cooked together. |
| Macedonian | The word "супа" (soup) is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *sъpъ, meaning "to sip". It is related to the words "sup" (sip) and "супа" (soup) in other Slavic languages. |
| Malagasy | The word 'lasopy' does not originate from the Malagasy language but likely derives from Arabic. |
| Malay | The Malay word 'sup', meaning 'soup', originated from the Hokkien Chinese word 'tsiu' referring to a broth-based dish. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "സൂപ്പ്" (soup) is derived from the English word "soup" through a process of linguistic borrowing. |
| Maltese | Maltese word 'soppa' may also refer to a thick sauce, especially when used to accompany pasta dishes. |
| Maori | The word "hupa" can also refer to a traditional Maori cloak made from woven flax fibers, often used for ceremonial purposes. |
| Marathi | The word 'soup' is not native to India or Marathi, instead its usage was borrowed from English. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "шөл" may also refer to a liquid or broth used in soups.} |
| Nepali | The word "सूप" can also refer to a type of herbal broth used in traditional Nepali medicine. |
| Norwegian | "Suppe" is also used in Norwegian as an expression of skepticism or doubt, similar to "yeah, right". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "msuzi" can also refer to a type of spicy relish or condiment made from peppers, onions, and tomatoes. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "سوپ" can also refer to a type of broth used in various dishes. |
| Persian | In Persian, the word "سوپ" can also mean "broth" or "stew" (a thick soup with chunks of meat and vegetables). |
| Polish | The word "zupa" originates from the Proto-Slavic word "župa", meaning "broth" or "stew". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Sopa" can also refer to a blow or slap in the face. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, “ਸੂਪ” (soup) is also used to refer to a traditional Punjabi drink made of lentils and spices. |
| Romanian | "Supă" is also the Romanian word for "broth" or "stock". |
| Russian | The word “суп” can also refer to “broth” or a type of stew in Russian.} |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "supo" also refers to a broth made from coconuts or other vegetables. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'brot' can also refer to a type of thick gruel or porridge made from oatmeal or barley. |
| Serbian | The word "супа" (soup) is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*supa", which is related to the German "Suppe" |
| Sesotho | The word "sopho" is also used to refer to a liquid in which something has been soaked. |
| Shona | In the Tonga language, "muto" also means "tree root" which can be used in traditional medicine. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "سوپ" can also refer to a type of bread or a dish made from leftover vegetables. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "සුප්" (soup) in Sinhala is derived from the Portuguese word "sopa", which means "bread soaked in liquid". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, the word polievka (soup) is related to the verb polievať, which means to pour. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "juha" not only means "soup", but also a "trench" or a "puddle". |
| Somali | The word 'Maraq' in Somali can also refer to a traditional herbal broth used for medicinal purposes. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "sopa" also refers to a piece of bread soaked in broth or stew. |
| Sundanese | 'Sup' in Sundanese can also mean 'to sip' or 'to drink'. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'supu' also has the meanings 'stew' or 'broth' depending on the context. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "soppa" is also used to refer to a "mess" or a "messy situation". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "sabaw" in Tagalog also refers to the remaining liquid after the main ingredients in a dish have been removed. |
| Tajik | The word "шӯрбо" is derived from the Persian word "شوربا" which means "salty water". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word சூப் "sūp" is derived from the French word "soupe" and the English word "soup," both meaning "soup." |
| Telugu | The word 'సూప్' ('soup') is derived from the French word 'soupe', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'suppa', meaning 'bread soaked in liquid'. |
| Thai | Thai word "ซุป" derives from the French "soupe" through Portuguese "sopa" |
| Turkish | The word çorba, meaning "soup" in Turkish, finds its etymological roots in the Arabic word "shurba," which shares the same meaning, illustrating the long-standing culinary and linguistic exchange between the two cultures. |
| Ukrainian | The word 'суп' is derived from the French word 'soupe', which means 'to sip'. |
| Urdu | Although Urdu and Russian soups have different origins and pronunciations, "суп" (soup) entered the former after the October Revolution via Farsi, where it's spelled "سوپ" (sūp). |
| Uzbek | The word "osh" can refer to several types of stews, pilafs, or rice and meat dishes in Uzbek cuisine. |
| Vietnamese | "Súp" is also a Vietnamese slang term for "to tell on someone" or "to rat out (on someone)" |
| Welsh | The word "cawl" is derived from the Welsh word "cael" meaning "to fetch," and refers to the process of fetching vegetables from the garden to make soup. |
| Xhosa | The word "isuphu" can also mean "something that helps" or "something that strengthens". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "zop" is cognate with the English word "sop" and derives from the same Old English root "sop" meaning "to soak in liquid." |
| Yoruba | In Yorùbá, "bímọ́" also means "child" and is figuratively connected to "soup" through the saying: "children are the soup of life." |
| Zulu | The word `isobho` may be related to `isithombo`, a type of thick porridge eaten in rural areas. |
| English | In addition to its culinary sense, "soup" can also refer to a group of musicians, or a thick fog. |