sirop

See also: Sirop and síróp

English

Noun

sirop (countable and uncountable, plural sirops)

  1. Obsolete form of syrup.
  2. A concentrated fruit drink; a cordial.
    • 1936, Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table, →ISBN, page 235:
      So it came about that at three o'clock of that same afternoon, Rhoda Dawes and Anne Meredith sat primly on their chairs in Poirot's neat room and sipped blackberry sirop (which they disliked very much but were too polite to refuse) from old-fashioned glasses.
  3. A kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.
    • 1900, Henry Rightor, Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana, pages 675-76:
      It is then dipped into the Flambeau, where it is brushed and cleaned, then passed to the Sirop, where it is further brushed, and finally into the Batterie, where it is concentrated to the granulating point—a density of about 45 degrees Baumé, and with a temperature of about 240 degrees Fahrenheit.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin siroppus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, beverage), from شَرِبَ (šariba, to drink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.ʁo/
    • (file)
  • IPA(key): /si.ʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • Rhymes: -o,

Noun

sirop m (plural sirops)

  1. syrup
    sirop d'érablemaple syrup
    sirop de maïscorn syrup

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch siroop, from Middle Dutch siroop, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup), from شَرِبَ (šariba, to drink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (standard) [ˈsirɔp], (variant) [ˈsirʊp]
  • Hyphenation: si‧rop

Noun

sirop (first-person possessive siropku, second-person possessive siropmu, third-person possessive siropnya)

  1. syrup:
    1. any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring.
    2. medication as such.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • sirop glukosa
  • sirop jagung

Further reading


Middle English

Noun

sirop

  1. Alternative form of sirup

Old French

Etymology

From Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, beverage), from شَرِبَ (šariba, to drink).

Noun

sirop m (oblique plural siros, nominative singular siros, nominative plural sirop)

  1. syrup
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 154 of this essay:
      Ce sirop cy oste souverainement opilacion de l’esplain et pour ce il vault en plusieurs choses.
      This syrup gets rid of blockages of the spleen and many other things.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sirop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈrop/

Noun

sirop n (plural siropuri)

  1. syrup

Declension

Further reading

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