soper

See also: Soper

English

Alternative forms

• soaper

Etymology

From soporific. Sopor has been used as a brand name for methaqualone.

Noun

soper (plural sopers)

1. (slang) Methaqualone.
2. (by extension) Any other soporific drug.

Anagrams

• Prose, ropes, S'pore, reops, ERPOs, spore, Poers, Spero, Perso-, Peros, preso, prose, OPers., poser, pores, Ropes, Poser, repos, opers, pro se

Catalan

Etymology

From sopa +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈpe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈpe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈpeɾ]

Adjective

soper (feminine sopera, masculine plural sopers, feminine plural soperes)

1. (relational) soup

   plat soper ― soup plate

   cullerada sopera ― soup spoon

2. fond of soup

   Synonym: sopaller

Further reading

• “soper”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French soper (“dinner”); compare soupen (“to dine”).

Alternative forms

• sopere, sooper, sopper, sopier, souper
• soupeyr, soppere, supper, suppere (Late Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpeːr/, /ˈsupər/, /suːˈpeːr/, /ˈsuːpər/

Noun

soper (plural sopers)

1. Supper, dinner; the third meal of the day, eaten in the evening.
2. (by extension) Any meal or food eaten.
3. (Christianity) The Eucharist; Holy Communion.
4. (Christianity) Final heavenly connection with faithful Christians.

Descendants

• English: supper (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: supper, souper
  • Scots: supper
• Yola: sippeare, seppeare

References

• “sopē̆r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

soper

1. alternative form of sopere

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

soper m (definite singular soperen, indefinite plural sopere, definite plural soperne)

1. (derogatory, colloquial) a fag (homosexual man)

   Han hadde mot til å kalle meg en soper, men jeg fant homofil porno i hans søkehistorie

   He had the nerve to call me a fag, but I found gay porn is his search history.

2. (literally) one who sweeps floors; a sweeper

Verb

soper

1. present tense of sope

Old French

Etymology

From sope, supe (“soup”).

Noun

soper oblique singular, m (oblique plural sopers, nominative singular sopers, nominative plural soper)

1. dinner (evening meal)

Descendants

• Middle French: soupper
  • French: souper
• → Middle English: soper, sopere, sooper, sopper, sopier, souper, soupeyr, soppere, supper, suppere (Late Middle English)
  • English: supper (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: supper, souper
    • Scots: supper
  • Yola: sippeare, seppeare
• → Middle Irish: suipér
  • Irish: suipéar
  • Manx: shibber
  • Scottish Gaelic: suipear

Verb

soper

1. to dinner; have dinner
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Quant a lor eise orent sopé.

     When they have finished dinner at their ease.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ps, *-pt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of soper (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		soper			avoir sopé
gerund		en sopant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sopant
past participle		sopé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sop	sopes	sope	sopons	sopez	sopent
	imperfect	sopoie, sopeie, sopoe, sopeve	sopoies, sopeies, sopoes, sopeves	sopoit, sopeit, sopot, sopeve	sopiiens, sopiens	sopiiez, sopiez	sopoient, sopeient, sopoent, sopevent
	preterite	sopai	sopas	sopa	sopames	sopastes	soperent
	future	soperai	soperas	sopera	soperons	soperoiz, sopereiz, soperez	soperont
	conditional	soperoie, sopereie	soperoies, sopereies	soperoit, sopereit	soperiiens, soperiens	soperiiez, soperiez	soperoient, sopereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	sop	sos	sot	sopons	sopez	sopent
	imperfect	sopasse	sopasses	sopast	sopissons, sopissiens	sopissoiz, sopissez, sopissiez	sopassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sope	—	sopons	sopez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: soupper
  • French: souper
• Walloon: soper
• → Middle English: soupen
  • English: sup
  • Scots: soup

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.pe/

Verb

soper

1. to have supper