soup du jour

UK/ˌsuːp duː ˈʒʊə/US/ˌsup də ˈʒʊɹ/US/ˌsup du ˈʒʊɹ/

noun

Soup of the day; today's soup; whatever soup is sold under that name in a particular restaurant and/or on a particular day.

““What's your soup du jour today?” “Cream of tomato, just like every day.””

Meanings

nounsoup du jour (plural soups du jour)

plural soups du jour · alternative soupe du jour · alternative misspelling soup de jour

  1. Soup of the day; today's soup; whatever soup is sold under that name in a particular restaurant and/or on a particular day.

    “What's your soup du jour today?” “Cream of tomato, just like every day.”

Origin

  1. Frenchsoupe du jour
  2. Englishsoup du jour

From French soupe du jour (literally “soup of the day”). See du jour.

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Translations

Arabic حَساء اليَوْم
  • حَساء اليَوْم (ḥasāʔ al-yawm)soup of the day
Finnish päivän keitto
  • päivän keittosoup of the day
French soupe du jour
  • soupe du joursoup of the day
German Tagessuppe
  • Tagessuppesoup of the day
Italian zuppa del giorno
  • zuppa del giornosoup of the day
Polish zupa dnia
  • zupa dniasoup of the day
Portuguese sopa do dia
  • sopa do diasoup of the day
Russian суп дня
  • суп дня (sup dnja)soup of the day
Spanish sopa del día
  • sopa del díasoup of the day
Yiddish הײַנטיקע זופּ
  • הײַנטיקע זופּ (hayntike zup)soup of the day

Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

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