Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pea soup

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
pea -soup
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A French or French Canadian person.

Countable; Slang

noun

Thick fog.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A greyish green or dull chartreuse colour, like the colour of pea soup.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).

Etymology

From pea + soup. Doublet of pisupo.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pea soups (plural) pea-soup (alternative, dated) peasoup (alternative) more pea soup (comparative) most pea soup (superlative)

Phrases

pea-souper pea-soup fog pea-soupy thick as pea soup

Frequently Paired Words

Peasoup pea-soup

Synonyms

pea-souper pea-soup fog

Questions

What does pea soup mean?
A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.
Where does pea soup come from?
From pea + soup. Doublet of pisupo.

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