sop

Signification (English)

1. (neuter) water with soap, usually for washing
2. (neuter) the sea in terms of somebody who will sail on it
3. (alt-of, archaic, dialectal, neuter) Archaic form of soep.

Concepts

sauce

mousse de savon

lessive

sauce au jus

eau savonneuse

jus de viande

Synonyms

jus

saus

schuim

zeepsop

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɔp/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from moyen néerlandais: sop

Inherited from Old Dutch: *sop

In summary

From Middle Dutch sop (“soup”), from Old Dutch *sop, from Proto-Germanic *suppą. In the sense “water with soap” it is a shortening of zeepsop.