pea soup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.
  2. A French or French Canadian person.
  3. Thick fog.
  4. A greyish green or dull chartreuse colour, like the colour of pea soup.
adj
  1. Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).

Pronunciation

En-au-pea soup.ogg

Word forms

pea soup pea soups pea-soup peasoup more pea soup most pea soup

Etymology

From pea + soup. Doublet of pisupo.

Related words

Derived words

pea-souper pea-soup fog pea-soupy thick as pea soup
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