sop

Meaning

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

lather

sauce

gravy

suds

Synonyms

jus

saus

schuim

zeepsop

Translations

sauce

Soße

Sauce

Tunke

Brühe

molho

salsa

espuma

tempero

mousse de savon

Jus

Bratensoße

مَرَقة

Bratensaft

Seifenschaum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɔp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: 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.