Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soupe maigre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.98 in modern English

Syllables: soupe -mai-gre
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Example Sentences

"I now recollect that all my distemper was returning upon me with irresistible violence—and that in spite of water-gruel and soupe-maigre."
"Nay, perceiving that he was extremely penurious in his house-keeping, he spoilt many a pot of excellent soup maigre, by slily conveying into it handfuls of salt or soot […]."

Etymology

From French soupe maigre.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: soupe maigre

Inflected Forms

soupe-maigre (alternative) soup meagre (alternative)

Questions

What does soupe maigre mean?: A soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
Where does soupe maigre come from?: It is traced to French.

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