syrup

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syrup

/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ UK
/ˈsɪɹ.əp/ US
/ˈsɝ.əp/ US
/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ Ireland
/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/
/ˈsɪ.ɾəp/

Rhymes with -ɪɹəp, -ɜːɹəp

Where it comes from

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat.

Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

noun syrups · sirop · sirup · syrop

countable, uncountable Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring. maple syrup
broadly, countable, uncountable Any viscous liquid. cough syrup
countable, figuratively, uncountable Anything overly sweet or sentimental. Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas.
Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable A wig.

verb syrups · syruping · syruped

transitive To convert or process into syrup.
transitive To add syrup to.
transitive To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sirup, grenadine, malt, sesame, bottle, maple, ipecac, soap, inulin, medicine, high, concentrate, treacle, cordial, sap, nectar

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noun thick liquid that has a high sugar content

Español	almíbar, jarabe, sirope, arrope
한국어	시럽 sireop
日本語	シロップ shiroppu, 糖蜜 tōmitsu
中文	糖漿 /糖浆 tángjiāng, 果子露 guǒzilù
हिन्दी	शर्बत śarbat, चाशनी cāśnī, अर्क़ arq, रस ras
Kiswahili	asali
Português	xarope
Français	sirop
Deutsch	Sirup
Italiano	sciroppo
Ελληνικά	σιρόπι sirópi
Română	sirop
Русский	сиро́п siróp
Tiếng Việt	xi-rô
العربية	شَرَاب šarāb, قَطْر qaṭr, شِيرَة šīra
עברית	סִירוֹפּ sírop

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@misc{syrup_2026,
  title = {syrup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syrup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}