sope

See also: sopé

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish sope.

Noun

sope (plural sopes)

  1. A traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings.
    • 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 7 July 2023:
      They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.

Etymology 2

Noun

sope (countable and uncountable, plural sopes)

  1. Obsolete form of soap.

Anagrams

Lozi

Noun

sope

  1. January

References

  • R. M. Mukuni, Silozi-English Phrase Book (1991)

Middle English

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old English sāpe, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ̝ːp(ə)/
    • IPA(key): /ˈsɑːpə/ (Early Middle English)
    • IPA(key): /saːp/ (Northern)

    Noun

    sope (uncountable)

    1. Soap; a cleaning agent (especially if liquid)
    2. (rare, Early Middle English) A whitening agent.
    Descendants
    • English: soap (see there for further descendants)
      West Riding: sooap
    • Middle Scots: saip
    • Middle Irish: sóp
    • Old Norse: sápa
    References

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Old English sopa, from Proto-West Germanic *sopō, from Proto-Germanic *supô.

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ̞ːp(ə)/

      Noun

      sope (uncountable)

      1. A sip; a small mouthful of drink.
      Descendants
      References

      Etymology 3

      Verb

      sope

      1. alternative form of soupen (to dine)

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology

      From Old Norse sópa.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /suːpə/

      Verb

      sope (imperative sop, present tense soper, passive sopes, simple past sopte, past participle sopt)

      1. to sweep
        sope gulvet
        to sweep the floors

      Derived terms

      • sopelime

      See also

      References

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology 1

      From Old Norse sópa.

      Alternative forms

      Verb

      sope (present tense sopar/soper, past tense sopa/sopte, past participle sopa/sopt, passive infinitive sopast, present participle sopande, imperative sope/sop)

      1. to sweep
        Synonym: feie
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Adjective

      sope

      1. neuter of sopen

      Participle

      sope

      1. neuter of sopen

      Verb

      sope

      1. supine of supa

      References

      Anagrams

      Old French

      Noun

      sope oblique singularf (oblique plural sopes, nominative singular sope, nominative plural sopes)

      1. alternative form of supe
        • before 1204, André de Coutances, Li Romanz des Franceis
          Tant que il a trempé son pain ;
          Si est de sa sope certain
          Since he wet his bread
          he is certain of his soup

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈsope/ [ˈso.pe]
      • Rhymes: -ope
      • Syllabification: so‧pe

      Etymology 1

      Borrowed from Nahuatl tzopitl

      Noun

      sope m (plural sopes)

      1. A Mexican food consisting of a thick corn tortilla with pinched-up sides, covered with refried beans and topped with lettuce, cheese, onion, or other ingredients.

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      sope

      1. inflection of sopar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative