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so

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of so in English

English Online Dictionary. What means so‎? What does so mean?

Translingual

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Somali.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: sō, IPA^(key): /səʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /soʊ/
(Local Dublin) IPA^(key): /sʌo/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [soː]
Homophones: seau, sew, soe, soh, soy (some non-standard dialects); sow (sense 2)
Rhymes: -əʊ

Conjunction

Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that.
With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
(informal) Used as a sentence-starting filler or introductory word with no particular meaning.
Hypernyms: I mean, like, well, you know

“Where were you born?” ― “So I was born in London.”
Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
Used to introduce a rhetorical question.
(archaic) Provided that; on condition that; as long as.

Usage notes

Chiefly in North American use, a comma or pause is often used before the conjunction when used in the sense with the result that. (A similar meaning can often be achieved by using a semicolon or colon (without the so), as for example: He drank the poison; he died.)

The apparently meaningless use of "so" to begin sentences, such as replies to questions, where there is no relevant sense of "in order that" or "for that reason", has become increasingly common over the early part of the 21st century, and has been widely described as irritating. [4][5][6][7][8].

Synonyms

(in order that): so that, that

Translations

Adverb

so (not comparable)

To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
To the (implied) extent.
Very (positive or negative clause).
Very much.
1. (informal) at all (negative clause).
In a particular manner.
- 1963, Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde (music and lyrics), Dusty Springfield (vocalist), I Only Want to Be with You (single),
  Don′t know what it is that makes me love you so, / I only know I never want to let you go.
In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
(with as): To such an extent or degree; as.

Usage notes

Use of so in the sense to the implied extent is discouraged in formal writing; spoken intonation which might render the usage clearer is not usually apparent to the reader, who might reasonably expect the extent to be made explicit. For example, the reader may expect He is so good to be followed by an explanation or consequence of how good he is. Devices such as use of underscoring and the exclamation mark may be used as a means of clarifying that the implicit usage is intended; capitalising SO is also used. The derivative subsenses very and very much are similarly more apparent with spoken exaggerated intonation.

The difference between so and very in implied-extent usage is that very is more descriptive or matter-of-fact, while so indicates more emotional involvement. For example, she is very clever is a simple statement of opinion; she is so clever suggests admiration. Likewise, that is very typical is a simple statement; that is SO typical of him! is an indictment. A formal (and reserved) apology may be expressed I am very sorry, but after elbowing someone in the nose during a basketball game, a man might say, Dude, I am so sorry! in order to ensure that it's understood as an accident.

Synonyms

(very): really, truly, that, very
(to a particular extent): that, this, yea
(in a particular manner): like this, thus
(slang: very much): really, truly, very much

Derived terms

Translations

References

Adjective

so (comparative more so, superlative most so)

As what was or will be mentioned.
In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
(dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.

Synonyms

(true): correct, right, true
(euphemistic: homosexual): musical, one of the family, one of them, that way inclined

Derived terms

make it so
more so

Translations

Interjection

Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
Synonyms: look, well, see, hey
Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
(archaic) Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

Usage notes

Though certain uses of "sentence-initial so" had been common for a long time, the perceived excessive use of the word at the start of sentences, such as at the start of answers to questions, became controversial in the 2010s, being described as "annoying".

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Abbreviation of someone.

Synonyms

sb (“somebody”)

Etymology 3

Shortened from sol, to make it an open syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale, from Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Noun

so (plural sos)

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Japanese 蘇 (so).

Noun

so (uncountable)

(foods) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.

References

Anagrams

-os, -os-, O&S, O's, O. S., O.S., OS, OS., Os, o's, o.s., os, os-

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

soe (Western Cape)

Etymology

From Dutch zo, from Middle Dutch sô, from Old Dutch sō, from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *swa and *swē.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʊə̯/

Adverb

so, like that/this, thus (in such a way)
so, that, to such an extent

Derived terms

sodat

Äiwoo

Verb

To stand (to be in a standing position).

References

Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin sub.

Preposition

(West) under
(Center and East) on

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin suus (“his, her, its”).

Adjective

so m sg (feminine singular so, neuter singular so, masculine plural sos, feminine plural sos)

his, her, its
your (polite)
their

Pronoun

his, hers
yours (polite)

Related terms

suyu

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of ser

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

so (tone sǒ)

horse

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

house, home

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̺o/ [s̺o]
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation: so

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

so (not comparable)

(chiefly Northern) [with dative or allative] looking at

Noun

so inan

(chiefly Northern) look, gaze

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

whoa
Synonyms: iso, esti

Brokskat

Pronoun

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan so~son, from Latin sonus. Compare Occitan son, French son, Spanish sueno.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔ]

Noun

so m (plural sons)

sound

Related terms

sonar
sònic

Etymology 2

Back-formation from sons (plural). Compare Spanish sueño, Portuguese sono, from Latin somnus.

Alternative forms

son (standard)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔ]

Noun

so m (plural sons)

(Tarragon, Mallorca, Menorca) sleep

Related terms

sonar
sònic

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

só (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈso]

Verb

so (archaic, Central, Northwest Catalan, Alghero)

first-person singular present indicative of ésser
first-person singular present indicative of ser

Usage notes

This form is still used in certain dialects, such as Algherese.

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

s' (after amb or sometimes en, before a vowel)
es (not after amb or sometimes en)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈso/, /ˈsu/

Article

(Mallorca, Ibiza) Alternative form of es (“the”, masculine singular) (used after amb (“with”) and sometimes en (“in”), before a consonant)
Va anar-hi amb so cotxe. ― He went there with the car.

References

“so” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“so”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“so” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“so” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology 1

From clipping of English jetso, from Cantonese 著數／着数 (zoek⁶ sou³).

Pronunciation

Noun

(Hong Kong Cantonese) benefit; advantage; bargain; discount

Adjective

(Hong Kong Cantonese) bargain; advantageous

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:so.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from socialise?”)

Alternative forms

show, 騷／骚, 蘇／苏, 穌／稣

Pronunciation

Verb

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to respond; to pay attention to

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

(Hong Kong Cantonese, in compounds) Alternative form of soc (“society”)

References

Corsican

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sum, from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos. Cognates include Italian suo and French son.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈso/

Determiner

his, her, their

Usage notes

so is preceded by a definite article (u, a, i, e or l'):
U so libru. ― His book.
Unlike its French or Italian cognates, so does not decline, either by gender or number:
U so libru, i so libri. ― His book, his books.

References

“so” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsobota]

Noun

so ?

Abbreviation of sobota (“Saturday”).

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýr, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Noun

so c (singular definite soen, plural indefinite søer)

sow (female pig)
(derogatory) slut

Declension

References

“so” in Den Danske Ordbog

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē. Cognate with Swedish så.

Adverb

so, like that, in that manner
so, to such a degree

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [so]
Hyphenation: so

Noun

so (accusative singular so-on, plural so-oj, accusative plural so-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soː/
Rhymes: -oː
Homophone: soð

Adverb

so (not comparable)

so, thus, as
then

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈso(ː)/, [ˈs̠o̞(ː)]
Rhymes: -o
Hyphenation^(key): so

Interjection

Alternative form of soo

Folopa

Alternative forms

Noun

woman

References

Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130: Polopa so/sou woman, cf. DAR sou female animal but we woman.
Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 15: Boro, Suri, Tebera sou, Sopese šo
Carol Anderson, Beginning Folopa Language Lessons and Simple Glossary (2010) (as so)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin suus.

Pronoun

so (third-person singular possessive of masculine singular, of feminine singular sô, of masculine plural siei, of feminine plural sôs)

(used attributively) his, her, its; of his, hers, its
(used predicatively) his, hers, its
(used substantively) his, hers, its; the thing belonging to him, her,it

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese so, su, sob, from Latin sub.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sʊ]

Preposition

under, beneath

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “so”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “so”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sō, from Old High German sō, from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē, compare with Old Dutch so and Dutch zo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zoː/ (prescriptive standard)
IPA^(key): /soː/, /sɔ/ (Austria)
Rhymes: -oː

Adverb

so, such, that
Die Leute sind so nett. ― People are so nice.

Dieser Hammer ist nicht so gut. ― This hammer is not that good.

Das ist so eine gute Idee! ― That is such a good idea!

so und so ― such and such
as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality)
Er rennt so schnell wie der Blitz. ― He runs as fast as lightning.
thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner
then (in that case)
Wirst du wieder gesund, so freue ich mich. ― If you get healthy again, then I'll be happy.
(colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning

Derived terms

einfach so

Conjunction

(coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises
(subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes law and regional) an, if
Synonyms: falls, im Falle dass, wenn

So es Euch beliebt. ― If it pleases you.

Particle

(colloquial) quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs

Usage notes

This quotation particle can be combined with a number of verbs but, somewhat unusually, it doesn't require the clause to contain any predicate at all. In such cases, the meaning is roughly that of to say in the past tense.

Pronoun

(obsolete, relative) that, which, who
(Augsburger Bekenntnis)

Synonyms

wo
der
welcher

Interjection

(colloquial) a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled
Synonyms: tamam, okay, in Ordnung, fein, gut

Gothic

Romanization

sō

Romanization of 𐍃𐍉

Indonesian

Adverb

Alternative form of sok

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˠɔ/

Determiner

Munster form of seo (used after a word ending in a velarized ("broad") consonant)

Italian

Alternative forms

sò (misspelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ‿|| ˈsɔ/

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of sapere (“I know”)
Non lo so. ― I don't know (it).

Lo so io! ― (But) I do (know it)!

References

so in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English so.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/

Conjunction

Particle

emphasis particle

Japanese

Romanization

The hiragana syllable そ (so) or the katakana syllable ソ (so) in Hepburn romanization.

Ladino

Verb

so (Latin spelling)

first-person singular present indicative of ser

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from English so.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/
Rhymes: -o
Homophone: sô

Interjection

so (discourse particle) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Luxembourgish

Verb

second-person singular imperative of soen

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/

Etymology 1

From French son.

Pronoun

(possessive) his, her, its, one's

Etymology 2

From French chaud.

Adjective

hot, warm.

Antonyms

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sō, from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zoː/

Adverb

sô

so, like that, in that manner
so, to such a degree
(so ... alse) as
then, in that case
so, therefore

Conjunction

sô

if, in the case that
like, as
(so ... so) both ... and

Descendants

Dutch: zo
Limburgish: zoe, zoea

Etymology 2

Weakened form of soe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zoː/, /zo/

Pronoun

sô

(chiefly Flemish) Alternative form of si (“she”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swā, from Proto-West Germanic *swā.

Alternative forms

swo
zo (Kent)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔː/

Adverb

Descendants

English: so
Geordie English: se
Scots: sae
Yola: zo, zoo, sae

References

“sō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

(chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of sche

North Moluccan Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay sudah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ/
(in fast speech) IPA^(key): /sɔ̆/, /sɔ̥/

Verb

perfective aspect, indicating that the process has been accomplished

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian så.

Pronunciation

Adverb

so, then, in that case
so, to this or that extent

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian so, svo, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Indo-European *swa. Akin to English so.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suː/

Adverb

so
that
as
then

Conjunction

References

“so” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan so, from Latin ipsum.

Article

so (feminine sa, masculine plural sos, feminine plural sas)

Alternative form of lo (rare)

Usage notes

In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural is sei.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa.

Adverb

sō

so, like that, in that manner

Descendants

Middle Dutch: sô
- Dutch: zo
- Limburgish: zoe, zoea

Old Irish

Alternative forms

sa, se, sea, seo, siu

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *so (“this”), from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/

Determiner

this (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article)
ind epistil so ― this epistle

Derived terms

Descendants

Irish: seo
Scottish Gaelic: seo
Manx: shoh

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa.

Adverb

sō

so, like that, in that manner

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

he, it

Adjective

masculine nominative singular of ta (“that”)

Phalura

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स ; सो (sa ; so, “nom.sg.masc pron. and pronom. adj. he, that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/

Determiner

so (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling سوۡ)

the
that (agr: rem nom masc)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “so”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[13], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “so”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/

Pronoun

so (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling سوۡ)

it
he (rem masc nom)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “so”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[14], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Rawa

Noun

grass

References

Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

Romagnol

Verb

so (Faenza)

first-person singular present indicative of ësar (“to be”)

Romani

Pronoun

what?

References

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *có.

Noun

só class 1a (plural bāsó class 2a)

your father
your paternal uncle

Sardinian

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of èssere

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Reduced form of seo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̪ɔ/

Pronoun

Obsolete form of -sa.
Obsolete form of seo.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English so

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̪o/

Conjunction

(colloquial, informal) so, therefore

Usage notes

Highly colloquial and English-influenced; forms such as mar sin are preferred in higher registers.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

sȏl (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ls.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sôː/

Noun

sȏ f (Cyrillic spelling со̑)

(Bosnia, Serbia) salt

Declension

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian so.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so/

Noun

so m

salt

Declension

References

Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zo/, (with mnou) /so/

Preposition

so [with instrumental]

Alternative form of s

Usage notes

Used when the next word begins with s, z, š or ž or with a consonant cluster containing one of these consonants. It is also used with the pronoun mnou (“me”).

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ́/

Verb

sȍ

third-person plural present of bíti

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈso/ [ˈso]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo.

Preposition

(archaic) under

Usage notes

So is very rare in modern Spanish, surviving only in certain expressions, including so pena de (“on pain of, under penalty of”), so pretexto de or so color de (“under pretext of”), a so capa (“secretly, with bribery”).

Etymology 2

Contraction of señor (“Sir”).

Pronoun

(emphatic, derogatory) you
¡So tonto! ― You blithering idiot!

¡So borrachos! ― You bloody drunks!

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English so.

Interjection

(US, Puerto Rico, Philippines, El Salvador) so

Etymology 4

Interjection

whoa!

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sō (Old Icelandic/Norwegian sýr), from Old East Norse *sōʀ, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *sū-. Compare the identical ko (Old Icelandic/Norwegian kýr, Old Swedish kō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suː/
Homophone: zoo

Noun

so c

(rare) sow (female pig)

Usage notes

The more common synonym is sugga, especially for the plural form.

Declension

Synonyms

sugga

Anagrams

OS, os

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English saw.

Noun

Etymology 2

From English show.

Noun

show

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo.

Noun

swamp, marsh, bog

Inflection

Derived terms

sohein
sokesk

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “болото”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[15], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɔ˧˧] ~ [sɔ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɔ˧˧] ~ [sɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Verb

(transitive) To compare.
Synonym: so sánh

So với bạn thì nó cao hơn. ― Compared to his friend, he is taller.
(transitive) To pair up.
so đũa ― to pair up chopsticks
(intransitive) To straighten one's shoulders, as if to compare one's height to another's.

Etymology 2

Compare sơ (初, “first”).

Adjective

firstborn
con so ― firstborn child

chửa con so ― to be pregnant for the first time

trứng gà so ― a chicken's first egg (usually a small egg)

Derived terms

con so

Etymology 3

Noun

(classifier con) so

mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda)

Volapük

Adverb

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soː/
Rhymes: -oː

Verb

so (not mutable)

(South Wales) inflection of bod:
1. second/third-person singular present negative colloquial
2. first/second/third-person plural present negative colloquial

Usage notes

Unlike other negative verb forms, this form—and sa, which is used for the first-person singular—is not complemented by ddim after the subject.

Xhosa

Pronoun

-so

Combining stem of sona.

Zulu

Pronoun

-so

Combining stem of sona.

so

so

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Usage notes

Synonyms

Translations

Adverb

Usage notes

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

Usage notes

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

See also

Further reading

References

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Derived terms

Äiwoo

Verb

References

Asturian

Etymology 1

Preposition

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Pronoun

Related terms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

Further reading

Brokskat

Pronoun

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation