zuppa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zuppa. Doublet of soup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːpə/, /ˈtsuːpə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

zuppa (plural zuppas or zuppe)

1. Any of various Italian soups.

Related terms

• zuppa toscana

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zup.pa/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡sup.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uppa
• Hyphenation: zùp‧pa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin suppa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, *suppa (“slice of soaked bread; soup”) (whence English soup).

Noun

zuppa f (plural zuppe)

1. one of several types of soup

   Synonyms: brodo, minestra, minestrone

   Se non è zuppa è pan bagnato.

   Between two things, there is no substantial difference.

   (literally, “If it isn't soup, it's soaked bread.”)

Related terms

• zuppa inglese
• zuppare
• zuppiera
• zuppo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

zuppa

1. feminine singular of zuppo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zuppa

1. inflection of zuppare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• zuppa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• zuppa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• zuppa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• zuppa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• zuppa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• zuppa in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• zuppa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin suppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sup.pə/
• Rhymes: -uppə

Noun

zuppa f (plural zuppe)

1. soup
2. soaked bread
   • 1789, Nicola Vottiero, Lo Specchio de la Cevertà o siano schirze morale, aliasse lo Calateo napolitano pe chi vo ridere, e ’mpararese de creianza:

     Non hanno da farese le zuppe co lo pretesto de provà si è nzipeto o salato.

     You are not meant to soak bread just to check whether it is salted.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin suppa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, *suppa (“slice of soaked bread; soup”) (whence English soup).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sup.pa/, [ˈt̪͡s̪upːa]
• Rhymes: -uppa
• Hyphenation: zùp‧pa

Noun

zuppa f (plural zuppi)

1. soup

Related terms

• assappanari
• assuppari
• assuppari
• suppa
• suppera