Sup

/sʌp/ interjection

Definition

informal greeting meaning 'what's up' or 'hello'

Etymology

shortened form of 'what's up', popularized in American slang in the 1990s, though 'sup' as a verb meaning 'to take supper' dates to Old English

Kelly Says

While 'sup' as a greeting is pretty recent, the verb 'sup' meaning 'to eat supper' is ancient - Shakespeare used it regularly! It's funny how old words get new meanings.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰላም
ARالعربية
مرحبا
BNবাংলা
হাই
CACatalà
hola
CSČeština
ahoj
DADansk
hej
DEDeutsch
hey
ELΕλληνικά
γεια
ESEspañol
¿qué tal?
FAفارسی
سلام
FISuomi
terve
FRFrançais
salut
GUGU
નમસ્તે
HAHA
sannu
HEעברית
היי
HIहिन्दी
क्या हाल है
HUMagyar
haló
IDBahasa Indonesia
halo
IGIG
kedu
ITItaliano
ciao
JA日本語
KKKK
сәлем
KMKM
សាលាម
KO한국어
뭐해
MRMR
नमस्कार
MSBahasa Melayu
helo
MYမြန်မာ
ဆလူ
NLNederlands
hey
NONorsk
hei
PAPA
ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ
PLPolski
cześć
PTPortuguês
opa
RORomână
salut
RUРусский
привет
SVSvenska
hej
SWKiswahili
habari
TAதமிழ்
வணக்கம்
TEతెలుగు
హలో
THไทย
สวัสดี
TLTL
kumusta
TRTürkçe
selam
UKУкраїнська
привіт
URاردو
ہلو
VITiếng Việt
chào
YOYO
bawo
ZH中文
ZUZU
sawubona

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