syrup
pronunciation
How to pronounce syrup in British English:
UK [ˈsɪrəp]
How to pronounce syrup in American English:
US [ˈsɪrəp]
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- Noun:
- a thick sweet sticky liquid
Word Origin
- syrup
- syrup: [14] Syrup is etymologically ‘something drunk’. Like sherbet, it goes back ultimately to the Arabic verb shariba ‘drink’, whose initial /shr/ sound originated in imitation of the sound of slurping. From this was derived the noun sharāb ‘drink’, which passed into English via medieval Latin siropus and Old French sirop. Arab drinks tend to be liberally sweetened, and so when the word came west it was with the specific sense ‘thick sweet liquid’.=> sherbet, sorbet
- syrup (n.)
- late 14c., "thick, sweet liquid," from Old French sirop "sugared drink" (13c.), and perhaps from Italian siroppo, both from Arabic sharab "beverage, wine," literally "something drunk," from verb shariba "he drank" (compare sherbet). Spanish jarabe, jarope, Old Provençal eissarop are from Arabic; Italian sciroppo is via Medieval Latin sirupus. In English, formerly also sirup, sirop.
Example
- 1. Syrup of ipecac was never recommended for stomach upsets .
- 2. Combine peach puree with cooled sugar syrup , club soda and lime juice .
- 3. Want to impress your friends with your very own handmade maple syrup ?
- 4. Use fruit canned in heavy syrup .
- 5. Quebec produces 80 % of the world 's maple syrup .