soit

See also: söit and số ít

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

soit

1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present indicative of soida
2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular past indicative of soida

Etymology 2

Verb

soit

1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular past indicative of suoda

Anagrams

• Isto, isot, osti, soti, tosi

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa/, (interjection) /swat/

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• Homophones: soi, soie, soient, soies, sois

Conjunction

soit

1. or, meaning, that is to say
   • 3 en janvier, 4 en février, 5 en mars ; soit un total de 12.

     3 in January, 4 in February, 5 in March ; or a total of 12.

Conjunction

soit ... soit

1. either ... or

Verb

soit

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of être
2. (chiefly mathematics) let … be.

   Soit f une fonction linéaire.

   Let f be a linear function.

Interjection

soit

1. OK; granted; so be it.
   • 1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:

     Philippe le Bel souleva légèrement la tête et dit :
     « Mon frère, ce ne sont point des assemblées, mais des Templiers que, ce jour, nous nous occupons.
     — Soit, dit Valois, occupons-nous des Templiers.

     Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
     “My brother, it is not with assemblies, but with Knights Templar, that we concern ourselves today.”
     “So be it”, said Valois, “let us concern ourselves with Knights Templar.”

See also

• ni
• si ... ou

Further reading

• “soit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Verb

soit

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of estre