FromMiddle Englishsirop,sirup,syrop,syroppe, fromOld Frenchsirop.
sirop (countable anduncountable,pluralsirops)
- Obsolete form ofsyrup.
FromFrenchsirop.[1]Doublet ofsyrup. Related tosorbet,sherbet,sharbat.
sirop (countable anduncountable,pluralsirops)
- A concentrated fruit drink; acordial.
1936,Agatha Christie,Cards on the Table,→ISBN,page235: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 blackberrysirop (which they disliked very much but were too polite to refuse) from old-fashioned glasses.
- Akettle used in makingsugar by the open-kettle process.
1900, Henry Rightor,Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana,pages675–76:It is then dipped into the Flambeau, where it is brushed and cleaned, then passed to theSirop, 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.
FromOld Frenchsirop, borrowed fromMedieval Latinsiroppus, fromArabicشَرَاب(šarāb,“beverage”), fromشَرِبَ(šariba,“to drink”).
sirop m (pluralsirops)
- syrup
- sirop d’érable ―maple syrup
- sirop de maïs ―corn syrup
FromDutchsiroop, fromMiddle Dutchsiroop, fromOld Frenchsirop, fromMedieval Latinsiruppus,syrupus, fromArabicشَرَاب(šarāb,“a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), fromشَرِبَ(šariba,“to drink”).
- IPA(key): (standard)[ˈsirɔp],(variant)[ˈsirʊp]
- Hyphenation:si‧rop
sirop (pluralsirop-sirop)
- syrup:
- any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring
- medication as such
sirop
- Alternative form ofsirup
FromArabicشَرَاب(šarāb,“beverage”), fromشَرِبَ(šariba,“to drink”).
siropoblique singular, m (oblique pluralsiros,nominative singularsiros,nominative pluralsirop)
- syrup
1377,Bernard de Gordon,Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page154 of this essay:Cesirop cy oste souverainement opilacion de l’esplain et pour ce il vault en plusieurs choses.- Thissyrup gets rid of blockages of the spleen and many other things.
Borrowed fromFrenchsirop.
sirop n (pluralsiropuri)
- syrup
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