What does supper mean?
Definitions for supper
ˈsʌp ərsup·per
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Princeton's WordNet
supper(noun)
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
supper(noun)
a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
"her suppers often included celebrities"
Wiktionary
supper(Noun)
Food consumed before going to bed.
supper(Noun)
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
supper(Noun)
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
supper(Verb)
To consume a snack before retiring.
supper(Verb)
To eat dinner (see above).
Webster Dictionary
Supper(noun)
a meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal
Etymology: [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]
Supper(verb)
to take supper; to sup
Etymology: [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]
Supper(verb)
to supply with supper
Etymology: [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]
Freebase
Supper
Supper is a name for the evening meal in some dialects of English. While often used interchangeably with "dinner" today, supper was traditionally a separate meal. "Dinner" traditionally had been used to refer to the main and most formal meal of the day, which, from the Middle Ages until the 18th century, was most often the midday meal. When the evening meal became the main meal, it was referred to as "dinner", and the lighter midday meal was called "luncheon." The term is derived from the French souper, which is still used for this meal in Canadian French, Swiss French and sometimes in Belgian French. It is related to soup. It is also related to the German word for soup, Suppe..
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Supper
sup′ėr, n. a meal taken at the close of the day.—adj. Supp′erless, without supper.—ns. Supp′ing, the act of one who sups: that which is supped; Lord's′-supp′er (see Lord). [O. Fr. soper (Fr. souper)—from Low Ger. supen, to sup.]
Editors Contribution
supper
A moderate amount of food.
Many people eat supper at night.
Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020
Etymology and Origins
Supper
A term which has survived the changes of time. We still invite a friend to “sup” with us, but the repast is more or less a substantial one. Anciently the last meal of the day consisted only of soup.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'supper' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4484
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'supper' in Nouns Frequency: #2207
Anagrams for supper »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of supper in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of supper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of supper in a Sentence
Diogenes the Cynic, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers:
[When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
The original family piano is there, which is probably the most significant thing in the house, johnny’s brother and sister talk about how the family would come in from the fields at night and they would gather around the piano after supper and sing.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
If a man die young he hath left us at dinner; it is bed-time with a man of three score and ten; and he that lives a hundred years hath walked a mile after supper. This life is but one day of three meals, or one meal of three courses?childhood, youth, and old age. To sup well is to live well, and that?s the way to sleep well.
Our research shows that the two eating behaviors are independently linked with poorer outcomes after a heart attack, but having a cluster of bad habits will only make things worse, people who work late may be particularly susceptible to having a late supper and then not being hungry in the morning, he continued, adding that.
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- aandeteAfrikaans
- عشاءArabic
- şam yeməyiAzerbaijani
- вячэраBelarusian
- вечеряBulgarian
- večeřeCzech
- aftensmadDanish
- Nachtessen, abendessen, NachtimbißGerman
- δείπνο, δείπνος, απόδειπνο, αποδειπνώ, δειπνώGreek
- cena, cenarSpanish
- õhtustamaEstonian
- شامPersian
- iltapala, illallistaa, illallinen, siemailijaFinnish
- souperFrench
- suipéarIrish
- ceaGalician
- शाम का खाना, रात का खानाHindi
- vacsoraHungarian
- ընթրիք, ընթրելArmenian
- makan malamIndonesian
- cenaItalian
- ארוחת ערבHebrew
- 夜ご飯, 夕食, 夜食Japanese
- ვახშამიGeorgian
- кешкі асKazakh
- អាហារពេលល្ងាចKhmer
- 저녁 식사, 밤참, 저녁식사Korean
- şîv, vexwerKurdish
- cena,Latin
- ອາຫານຄ່ຳ, ອາຫານແລງLao
- vakarienėLithuanian
- naksniņas, vakariņas, vakariņotLatvian
- hapaMāori
- вечераMacedonian
- ċenaMaltese
- ညစာBurmese
- avondetenDutch
- kveldsmat, nattmat, aftensmatNorwegian
- wieczerza, kolacjaPolish
- jantar, ceiaPortuguese
- tschainaRomansh
- masă de seară, cină, supeu, supaRomanian
- ужинать, ужинRussian
- chena, cenaSardinian
- večera, вечераSerbo-Croatian
- večeraSlovak
- južina, večerjaSlovene
- darkëAlbanian
- äta, middag, kvällsmatSwedish
- ข้าวเย็นThai
- hapunanTagalog
- akşam yemeğiTurkish
- вечеряUkrainian
- عشائیہUrdu
- bữa chiều, ăn tốiVietnamese
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