pea soup

noun

A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.

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pea-souperpea-soup fog
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Meanings

nounpea soup (countable and uncountable, plural pea soups)

plural pea soups · alternative dated pea-soup · alternative peasoup

  1. countableuncountablecookingA thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.
  2. countableethnicslangslurA French or French Canadian person.

    Synonyms: pea-souper

  3. countableslanguncountableThick fog.

    Synonyms: pea-souper, pea-soup fog

  4. countableuncountableA greyish green or dull chartreuse colour, like the colour of pea soup.
adjectivepea soup (comparative more pea soup, superlative most pea soup)

comparative more pea soup · superlative most pea soup

  1. Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA French or French Canadian person.

Similar
pea-souper

nounThick fog.

Similar
pea-souperpea-soup fog

More synonyms by meaning

nouna heavy thick yellow fog

Similar
pea-souper
Broader
fog
Also see
pea-souper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pea + soup. Doublet of pisupo.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἔτνος
  • ἔτνος (étnos)soup made from peas
Czech hrachová polévka, hrachovka
  • hrachová polévkasoup made from peas
  • hrachovkasoup made from peas
Dutch erwtensoep, snert
  • erwtensoepsoup made from peas
  • snertsoup made from peas
Finnish hernekeitto, hernerokka
  • hernekeittosoup made from peas
  • hernerokkasoup made from peas
  • rokkasoup made from peas
  • hernarisoup made from peas
  • hernerokkasumuthick fog
French soupe aux pois
  • soupe aux poissoup made from peas
German Erbsensuppe
  • Erbsensuppesoup made from peas
Greek μπιζελόσουπα, σούπα φάβας
  • μπιζελόσουπα (bizelósoupa)soup made from peas
  • σούπα φάβας (soúpa fávas)soup made from peas
Norwegian Bokmål ertesuppe, ertersuppe
  • ertesuppesoup made from peas
  • ertersuppesoup made from peas
Polish grochówka, grochowa
  • grochówkasoup made from peas
  • grochowasoup made from peas
  • zupa grochowasoup made from peas
  • gęsta mgłathick fog
Russian горо́ховый суп
  • горо́ховый суп (goróxovyj sup)soup made from peas
Swedish ärtsoppa
  • ärtsoppasoup made from peas
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