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Contents 1 English 1.1 Abbreviation 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Conjunction 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.5.3 Translations 1.6 Adjective 1.6.1 Synonyms 1.6.2 Derived terms 1.6.3 Translations 1.7 Interjection 1.7.1 Translations 1.8 Noun 1.8.1 Translations 1.9 Anagrams 2 Asturian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Preposition 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Basque 3.1 Noun 4 Bosnian 4.1 Noun 5 Catalan 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Danish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Inflection 7 Faroese 7.1 Adverb 8 German 8.1 Adverb 9 Italian 9.1 Verb form 9.1.1 Usage notes 10 Japanese 10.1 Noun 11 Lojban 11.1 Cmavo 12 Romani 12.1 Adverb 13 Serbian 13.1 Noun 13.1.1 Cyrillic spelling 14 Spanish 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Preposition 14.2.1 Usage notes 14.3 Pronoun 15 Swedish 15.1 Noun 15.1.1 Synonyms 15.1.2 Inflection

[edit] English

[edit] Abbreviation

S.O.

1. Someone
2. Significant other (romantic partner)
3. Symphony orchestra
4. (baseball) The statistic reporting the number of strikeouts recorded by a pitcher; K

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sō, IPA: /səʊ/, SAMPA: /s@U/
• (US) IPA: /soʊ/, SAMPA: /soU/

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  Rhymes: -əʊ

• Homophones: sew, soh, sow

[edit] Etymology

From the Old English swā.

[edit] Conjunction

so

1. In order that

   Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.

[edit] Usage notes

When used as the conjunction in a conditional sentence, instead of the usual English word order in the apodosis, wh-movement is used instead. Eg:

If he can run a marathon, so can you.

[edit] Synonyms

• in order that, so that

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

so (not comparable)

1. Very.

   He is so good!

   It’s not so bad.

2. To this or that extent.

   I need a piece of cloth so long.

3. In this or that manner.

   Place the napkin on the table just so.

4. (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

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

[edit] Derived terms

• or so
• so-so
• so there
• so what

[edit] Translations

• Ido: tante

[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 British slang, euphemism) homosexual.

   Is he so?

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

• make it so

[edit] Translations

true See true.

[edit] Interjection

so

1. An interjection after a pause for thought.

   So, let's go home.

2. An interjection used to introduce a question.

   So, what'll you have?

3. So what?

   "You park your car in front of my house every morning." "So?"

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[edit] Noun

so (plural sos)

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

[edit] Translations

• Catalan: sol ca(ca) m.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: os

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sub.

[edit] Preposition

so

1. under

[edit] Derived terms

• sol

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

so

1. look

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[edit] Noun

so f.

1. salt

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From sonus

[edit] Noun

so

1. sound

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse sýr, from Proto-Norse *sūʀ, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₁- (“‘swine’”).

[edit] Noun

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

1. sow
2. (pejorative) slut

[edit] Inflection

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Adverb

so

1. so, thus, as
2. then

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[edit] German

[edit] Adverb

so

1. so, that

   So nett.

   So nice.

   Nicht so gut.

   Not that good.

2. as

   So gut wie.

   As good as.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb form

so

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

[edit] Usage notes

io non so - I do not know

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

so (hiragana そ)

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

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

so (rafsi: soz)

1. nine

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[edit] Romani

[edit] Adverb

so

1. what

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Noun

so f.

1. salt

[edit] Cyrillic spelling

• со

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[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!

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

so

1. (rare) sow, female pig

[edit] Synonyms

• sugga

[edit] Inflection

Inflection for so	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	so	son	so	sorna
Genitive	sos	sons	sos	sornas