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soup du jour

/ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
soup -du jour
IPA
/ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Soup of the day; today's soup; whatever soup is sold under that name in a particular restaurant and/or on a particular day.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French soupe du jour (literally “soup of the day”). See du jour.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/
  • British English: /ˌsuːp duː ˈʒʊə/

Inflected Forms

soups du jour (plural) soupe du jour (alternative) soup de jour (alternative, misspelling)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce soup du jour?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/.
What does soup du jour mean?
Soup of the day; today's soup; whatever soup is sold under that name in a particular restaurant and/or on a particular day.
Where does soup du jour come from?
It is traced to French.

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