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souper
souper
See also: soupeř
English
Noun
souper (plural soupers)
- (Ireland, historical) Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
- (Ireland, historical) A (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.
- Croghan Soupers
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French
Etymology
From Middle French soupper, from Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.pe/
Noun
souper m (plural soupers)
- (Switzerland, Belgium, Quebec) dinner (the main evening meal)
- Veuillez m'excuser, je serai en retard pour le souper.
- (France) a light meal eaten at night, after the main evening meal
Verb
souper
- to dine
- J'ai hâte d'aller souper!
Conjugation
Conjugation of souper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | souper | avoir soupé | |||||
| gerund | en soupant | en ayant soupé | |||||
| present participle | soupant /su.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | soupé /su.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | soupe /sup/ |
soupes /sup/ |
soupe /sup/ |
soupons /su.pɔ̃/ |
soupez /su.pe/ |
soupent /sup/ |
| imperfect | soupais /su.pɛ/ |
soupais /su.pɛ/ |
soupait /su.pɛ/ |
soupions /su.pjɔ̃/ |
soupiez /su.pje/ |
soupaient /su.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | soupai /su.pe/ |
soupas /su.pa/ |
soupa /su.pa/ |
soupâmes /su.pam/ |
soupâtes /su.pat/ |
soupèrent /su.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | souperai /su.pʁe/ |
souperas /su.pʁa/ |
soupera /su.pʁa/ |
souperons /su.pʁɔ̃/ |
souperez /su.pʁe/ |
souperont /su.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | souperais /su.pʁɛ/ |
souperais /su.pʁɛ/ |
souperait /su.pʁɛ/ |
souperions /su.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
souperiez /su.pə.ʁje/ |
souperaient /su.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | soupe /sup/ |
soupes /sup/ |
soupe /sup/ |
soupions /su.pjɔ̃/ |
soupiez /su.pje/ |
soupent /sup/ |
| imperfect1 |
soupasse /su.pas/ |
soupasses /su.pas/ |
soupât /su.pa/ |
soupassions /su.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
soupassiez /su.pa.sje/ |
soupassent /su.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | soupe /sup/ |
— | soupons /su.pɔ̃/ |
soupez /su.pe/ |
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