so-called

English

Etymology

so + called

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sōʹkôld', IPA: /ˈsəʊˌkɔːld/, SAMPA: /"s@U%kO:ld/

Adjective

so-called (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) So named; called by such a name, with a very strong connotation that the item is not worthy of that name.
2. (mathematics, sciences) Same as above, without the negative connotation.

   The so-called Ising model.

Translations

so named

Albanian: ashtuquajtur (i/e) Chinese: Mandarin: 所謂 (cmn), 所谓 (cmn) (suǒwèi) Dutch: zogenaamd (nl), zgn. (nl) Estonian: nõndanimetatud (et) Finnish: niin sanottu, niin kutsuttu French: soi-disant (fr) German: so gennant Hungarian: úgynevezett (hu) Italian: cosiddetto (it) Japanese: 所謂 (いわゆる, iwayuru)

Polish: tak zwany (tzw.) Portuguese: assim chamado (pt) m., chamado (pt) m. Russian: т.н. (ru) (так называемый, tak nazyvájemyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тако̀зва̄нӣ (sh) m. Roman: takòzvānī (sh) m. Sindhi: نام نهاد Slovene: tako imenovan m. Spanish: llamado (es) Turkish: sözde (tr)

so named, without negative connotation

Chinese: Mandarin: 所謂 (cmn), 所谓 (cmn) (suǒwèi) Dutch: zogenaamd (nl), zgn. (nl)

Finnish: niin sanottu (fi), niin kutsuttu (fi) German: so gennant (de) Russian: так называемый (ru) (tak nazyvájemyj)