so

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, so, swo, from Old English swā (“so”), from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Conjunction

so

  1. In order that.
    Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
  2. With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
    I was hungry so I asked if there were more food.
    He ate too much cake, so he got sick.
    He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
    "I need to go to the bathroom." ―"So go!"

[edit] Usage notes

Chiefly in North American use, a comma or pause is often used before the conjunction when used in the second sense.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Translations

in order that
with the result that

[edit] Adverb

so (not comparable)

  1. Very.
    He is so good!
    It’s not so bad.
  2. To a particular extent.
    I need a piece of cloth so long.
  3. In a particular manner.
    Place the napkin on the table just so.
  4. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned.
    Many people say she's pretty, but I don't think so.
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
      "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
      "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
  5. (Discuss(+) this sense) Also: in addition.
    "I can count backwards from one hundred." ―"So can I."
  6. (slang, chiefly US) Very much.
    But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
    That is so not true!

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

very
to a particular extent
in a particular manner
slang: very much
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[edit] Adjective

so (comparative more so, superlative most so)

  1. true.
    That is so.
    You are responsible for this, is that not so?
  2. In that state, with that attribute. Replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
    • 1823, Andrew Reed, Martha
      If this separation was painful to all parties, it was most so to Martha.
    • 1872, Charles Dickens, J., The Personal History of David Copperfield
      But if I had been more fit to be married, I might have made you more so too.
  3. (dated UK slang, euphemistic) homosexual.
    Is he so?

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

true — see true
in that state

[edit] Interjection

so

  1. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.
    So, let's go home.
    So, what'll you have?
    So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...
  2. Shortened form of "So what?"
    "You park your car in front of my house every morning." "So?"

[edit] Translations

interjection used to mean "thus", "therefore", etc.

[edit] Noun

so (plural sos)

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

[edit] Translations

sol — see sol

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sub.

[edit] Preposition

so

  1. under

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

so

  1. look

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sonus.

[edit] Noun

so m. (plural sons)

  1. sound

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse sýr, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₁- (“swine”).

[edit] Noun

so c. (singular definite soen, plural indefinite søer)

  1. sow
  2. (pejorative) slut

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of so
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative so soen søer søerne
genitive sos soens søers søernes

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Adverb

so

  1. so, thus, as
  2. then

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German sō, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē.

[edit] Adverb

so

  1. so, that
    So nett.
    So nice.
    Nicht so gut.
    Not that good.
  2. as
    So gut wie.
    As good as.
  3. (archaic) an, if
    So es Euch beliebt.
    If you please.

[edit] Gothic

[edit] Romanization

sō

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍉

[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

so

  1. (I) know (first-person singular present tense of sapere)

[edit] Usage notes

io non so - I do not know

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Syllable

so

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

[edit] Noun

so (hiragana そ)

  1. そ: hiragana letter so
  2. ソ: katakana letter so

[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

so (rafsi soz)

  1. nine

[edit] Luxembourgish

[edit] Verb

so

  1. second-person singular imperative of soen

[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Adverb

so

  1. so, like that, in that manner
  2. so, to such a degree
  3. (so ... alse) as
  4. then, in that case
  5. so, therefore

[edit] Conjunction

so

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

[edit] Descendants

  • Dutch: zo

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Alternative forms

  • så (main form)

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse svá.

[edit] Adverb

so (bracket form)

  1. so, that
    Eg visste ikkje at dei skulle vera so mange.
    I didn't know that they were going to be that many.

[edit] References

  • “so” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

[edit] Old Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swa.

[edit] Adverb

sō

  1. so, like that, in that manner

[edit] Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: so
    • Dutch: zo

[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Determiner

so

  1. this (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article)
    ind epistil so – "this epistle"

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Old Saxon

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swa.

[edit] Adverb

sō

  1. so, like that, in that manner

[edit] Romani

[edit] Adverb

so

  1. what

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

sȏ f. (Cyrillic spelling со̑)

  1. (Bosnian, Serbian) salt

[edit] Declension

    declension of so
singular plural
nominative so / sol soli
genitive soli soli
dative soli solima
accusative so / sol soli
vocative soli soli
locative soli solima
instrumental solju / soli solima

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Verb

so

  1. third-person plural present tense form of biti.

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin sub.

[edit] Preposition

so

  1. under

[edit] 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).

[edit] Pronoun

so

  1. you (emphatic, derogatory)
    • ¡So tonto! — You blithering idiot!

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

so c.

  1. (rare) sow, female pig

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Declension

Declension of so
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative so son sor sorna
genitive sos sons sors sornas

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Adverb

so

  1. so
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