English Explanatory Dictionary

syrup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
  2. Any viscous liquid.
  3. Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
  4. A wig.
verb
  1. To convert or process into syrup.
  2. To add syrup to.
  3. To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ /ˈsɪɹ.əp/ /ˈsɝ.əp/ /ˈsɪ.ɾəp/ en-us-syrup.ogg

Word forms

syrup syrups sirop sirup syrop syruping syruped

Etymology

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

Derived words

bar syrup bucket of syrup Canadian as maple syrup cane syrup coffee syrup corn syrup cough syrup glucose-fructose syrup glucose syrup golden syrup green syrup high-fructose corn syrup high fructose corn syrup high-fructose maize syrup maize syrup maple syrup maple syrup urine disease palm syrup pancake syrup refiner's syrup rose syrup simple syrup sizzurp snail syrup sorghum syrup syruper syruplike syrup of figs syrup of ipecac syrupy
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