so-called

English

Etymology

so + called

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sōʹkôld', IPA: /ˈsəʊˌkɔːld/, X-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 (sq) (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 (de)
• Hungarian: úgynevezett (hu)
• Italian: cosiddetto (it)
• Japanese: 所謂 (ja) (いわゆる, iwayuru)

• Persian: کذایی (fa) (kazâyi)
• Polish: tak zwany (pl) (tzw. (pl))
• Portuguese: assim chamado (pt) m, chamado (pt) m, dito (pt) m
• Russian: так называемый (ru) (tak nazyvájemyj) (т.н. (ru) (t.n.))
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тако̀зва̄нӣ (sh) m

  Roman: takòzvānī (sh) m

• Sindhi: نام نهاد
• Slovene: tako imenovan (sl)
• Spanish: llamado (es)
• Turkish: sözde (tr)

so named, without negative connotation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所謂 (cmn), 所谓 (cmn) (suǒwèi)

• Czech: takzvaný (cs) m
• Dutch: zogenaamd (nl), zgn. (nl)

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