What is the definition of soupçon?
Soupçon is a noun, meaning small or trace amounts of an item, a little bit.
Synonyms include: mite, tinge, jot, hint, pinch, speck, touch.
An example of soupcon in a sentence: Although we all enjoyed the chef's fancy dinner, the pasta dish could have used a soupçon of salt.
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22 Comments
tdelisi
A better word for what? The word is fine.
Steve Tingle
To be honest have only heard it used in cooking, generally in amounts of spices or herbs. But the meaning remains the same.
Angel Palacios Zea
And the explanation?
Rob Farr
Our French lesson for today ... thanks.
Joy Holbrook
It's actually a word I use frequently because I enjoy saying it.
Ron Stonier
Bill Ahrens, it's called a cedilla, a diacritical mark to indicate a soft "c".
Gery Tillmanns
Folk that live in the hills may not have heard of this word.
Susana Crews
A great word. I plan to use it
Larry W. Jones
My one semester of college French helped.
Ismael Cruz
Yabba-Dabba Doo! Got it right! Whew!
Scott Shelton
sukoshi....
timdrumm
Soupcon has an "accented" style - almost an artistic way of saying...you have very litle need for something.
Bruce Cassamajor
Sorry, Barbara, it is French, not English. Look at the character under the letter c.
Bruce Cassamajor
It is French, one of the four languages which I speak with fluency.
DannyBoy
Got it.
Barbara Greer
had never heard of this word!