soup du jour
or soup de jour
[ soop duh -zhoor ]
/ ˌsup də ˈʒʊər /
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noun
the soup featured by a restaurant on a particular day.
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Origin of soup du jour
First recorded in 1940–45, soup du jour is from French soupe du jour “soup of the day”
Words nearby soup du jour
Sounion Head, soup, soup-and-fish, soupbone, soupçon, soup du jour, soupfin, soupfin shark, Souphanouvong, soup kitchen, souple
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