"pea-souper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpiːˌsuːpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiˌsupɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-pea-souper.ogg Forms: pea-soupers [plural]
Etymology: From pea soup + -er (suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’); * (dense, yellowish fog”): from the appearance of the fog * (French-Canadian person): may be from the prevalence of pea soup in French cuisine: compare pea soup (“(slang, derogatory) French person”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pea soup|er|id2=relational|pos2=suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’}} pea soup + -er (suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’), {{sense|dense, yellowish fog”}} (dense, yellowish fog”):, {{sense|French-Canadian person}} (French-Canadian person): Head templates: {{en-noun}} pea-souper (plural pea-soupers)
  1. (British, Canada, informal) A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog. Tags: British, Canada, informal Categories (topical): Weather Synonyms: pea soup fog, pea-soup fog, peasoup fog Translations (dense, yellowish fog): гъста мъгла (gǎsta mǎgla) (Bulgarian), смог (smog) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hernerokkasumu (Finnish), purée de pois [feminine] (French), nebbia fitta [feminine] (Italian), nebbione [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-pea-souper-en-noun-aHrrWMIY Disambiguation of Weather: 100 0 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (relational), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (relational): 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'dense, yellowish fog': 98 2
  2. (Canada, slang, derogatory) A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec. Tags: Canada, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-pea-souper-en-noun-ZMmbl4MS Categories (other): Canadian English, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: peasouper, pea souper Related terms: pea-soupy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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