summer soup

noun

A soup suitable for serving chilled instead of hot as most soups are.

“For many people, gazpacho is the first and last summer soup that comes to mind.”

OriginFinnish kesäkeitto →
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Meanings

nounsummer soup (countable and uncountable, plural summer soups)

plural summer soups

  1. countableuncountablecookingA soup suitable for serving chilled instead of hot as most soups are.

    For many people, gazpacho is the first and last summer soup that comes to mind.

  2. countableuncountablecookingA traditional Finnish soup of vegetables cooked in milk.

Origin

  1. Finnishkesäkeitto
  2. Englishsummer soup

So named for being suitable to serve cold in the heat of summer. In the Finnish sense, Calque of Finnish kesäkeitto.

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APA

summer soup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20soup

MLA

“summer soup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20soup. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summer soup,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20soup.

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