Meaning & use

soup du jour

noun·Advanced

The particular soup that a restaurant is serving as its special selection on a given day.

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The waiter recommended the soup du jour, a rich tomato basil made fresh that morning.

Ask your server about today's soup du jour before ordering an appetizer.

A note on using this word

Soup du jour is a French phrase meaning "soup of the day," commonly used on English-language restaurant menus without translation.

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