so

2. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forSomali.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Somali terms

FromMiddle Englishso,swo,zuo,swa,swe, fromOld Englishswā,swǣ,swē(“so, as, the same, such, that”), fromProto-West Germanic*swā, fromProto-Germanic*swa,*swē(“so”), fromProto-Indo-European*swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate withScotssae(“so”),Saterland Frisianso(“so”),West Frisiansa(“so”),Dutchzo(“so”),German Low Germanso(“so”),Germanso(“so”),Danishså(“so”),Norwegian Nynorskso(“so”),Swedishså(“so, such that”),Faroeseso(“so”),Icelandicsvo(“so”),Old Latinsuad(“so”),Albaniansa(“how much, so, as”),Ancient Greekὡς(hōs,“as”),Urduسو(sō,“hence”).

• (UK)enPR:sō,IPA^(key):/səʊ/
• (US)IPA^(key):/soʊ/
• (Local Dublin)IPA^(key):/sʌo/
• (Canada)IPA^(key):[soː]

• Audio(US):

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• Homophones:seau,sew,soe,soh,soy(some non-standard dialects);sow(sense 2)
• Rhymes:-əʊ

so

2. Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose;in order that.

   I got an earlier train to workso I'd have plenty of time to prepare for the meeting.

   Eat your broccoliso you can have dessert.

4. With the result that; for that reason;therefore.

   I was hungry,so I asked if there was any more food.

   He ate too much cake,so he fell ill.

   He wanted a book,so he went to the library.

   “I need to go to the bathroom.” ― “So go!”

   • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:

     Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ […].”So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.

6. (informal)Used as a sentence-starting filler or introductory word forpragmatic orphatic purposes, with no particular meaning.

   Hypernyms:I mean,like,well,you know

   “Where were you born?” ―“So I was born in London.”

7. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

   So how does this story end?

8. Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

   “We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel.” — “So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.”

9. (archaic)Provided that; on condition that; as long as.
   • c.1590–1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:

     Speed. ‘Item: She doth talk in her sleep.’
     Launce. It’s no matter for that,so she sleep not in her talk.

   • 1603,Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, inJohn Florio, transl.,The Essayes […], book II, London:[…]Val[entine] Simmes forEdward Blount […],→OCLC:

     As we cal money not onely that which is true and good, but also the false;so it be currant.

   • 1644,John Milton,Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London:[s.n.],→OCLC,page35:

     […] though all the windes of doctrin were let loose play upon the earth,so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength.

   • 1743,Robert Drury,The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar‎^[3], London, page111:

     I went away very well satisfy’d, not caring where I was sent,so it was but out of his Sight; for he now became more my Aversion than ever.

Chiefly in North American use, acomma orpause is often used before the conjunction when used in the sensewith the result that. (A similar meaning can often be achieved by using asemicolon orcolon (without theso), as for example:He drank the poison; he died.)

The apparently meaningless use of "so" to begin sentences, such as replies to questions, where there is no relevant sense of "in order that" or "for that reason", has become increasingly common over the early part of the 21st century, and has been widely described as irritating.[4][5][6][7][8].

• (in order that):so that,that

so (notcomparable)

1. To the (explicitly stated) extent.

   It wasso hot outside that all the plants died.

   He wasso good, they hired him on the spot.

   You behaviourso incensed me that I even thought of firing you.

   It wasso cold a daythat I could hardly breathe outside.

   So ridiculously did I do in the exam that mom grounded me for a month.

   • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:

     Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ […].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see somethingso amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.

   • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:

     Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun isso much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

2. To the (implied)extent.

   I need a piece of clothso long. [=this long]

   There are onlyso many hours in a day.

   • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter II, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:

     We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect ofso large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

3. Very (positive or negative clause).

   I feelso much better now.

   Iso nearly lost my temper.

   It’s notso bad. [i.e. it's acceptable]

   • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:

     Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meetso superb a woman as this under handicapso hard.

4. Very much.

   But Iso want to see the Queen when she visits our town!

   • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:

     Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemedso unjust.

   • 1989,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5, Archie Comics:

     Iso wanted to be Jess Harley again.

   • 2003 April 16, Michael Stokes, “I, Dude”, inTotally Spies!, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Clover (Andrea Taylor),Marathon Media, viaTeletoon:

     Yeah! Not eating isso 90’s!

   1. (informal)at all (negative clause).

      That isso not true!

5. In a particularmanner.

   Place the napkin on the table justso. If that's what you mean, then sayso; (ordo so).

   • 1963, Mike Hawker,Ivor Raymonde (music and lyrics),Dusty Springfield (vocalist),I Only Want to Be with You (single),

     Don't know what it is that makes me love youso, / I only know I never want to let you go.

6. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned;likewise,also.

   Just as you have the right to your free speech,so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't thinkso. "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I."

   ‘There're another two.’ ‘So there are.’

   He wants to eat now.So does she.

   • 1883,Howard Pyle, chapter V, inThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.:[…]Charles Scribner’s Sons […],→OCLC:

     "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 beso? 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?"

   • 1920,Edward Carpenter,Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published1921, page192:

     The work thus done has probably been of the greatest value to the human race; but, just as in other cases it has sometimes happened that the effort to do a certain work has resulted in the end in an unbalanced exaggerationso here.

   • 2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, inBBC Sport:

     It was a goal that meant West Ham won on their first appearance at Wembley in 31 years, in doingso becoming the first team since Leicester in 1996 to bounce straight back to the Premier League through the play-offs.

   • 2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm, Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle, “So Am I”, performed byAva Max:

     it's okay to be different
     'Cause baby,so am I

7. (withas): To such an extent or degree;as.

   so far as; so long as; so much as

• Use ofso in the senseto theimplied extent is discouraged in formal writing; spoken intonation which might render the usage clearer is not usually apparent to the reader, who might reasonably expect theextent to be made explicit. For example, the reader may expectHe isso good to be followed by an explanation or consequence of how goodhe is. Devices such as use of underscoring and theexclamation mark may be used as a means of clarifying that the implicit usage is intended; capitalisingSO is also used. The derivative subsensesvery andvery much are similarly more apparent with spoken exaggerated intonation.

• The difference betweenso andvery in implied-extent usage is thatvery is more descriptive or matter-of-fact, whileso indicates more emotional involvement. For example,she is very clever is a simple statement of opinion;she isso clever suggests admiration. Likewise,that is very typical is a simple statement;that is SO typical of him! is an indictment. A formal (and reserved) apology may be expressedI am very sorry, but after elbowing someone in the nose during a basketball game, a man might say,Dude, I amso sorry! in order to ensure that it's understood as an accident.^[1]

• (very):really,truly,that,very
• (to a particular extent):that,this,yea
• (in a particular manner):likethis,thus
• (slang: very much):really,truly,verymuch

so (comparativemoreso,superlativemostso)

1. As what was or will be mentioned.

   That isso.

   You are responsible for this, is that notso?

   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, inZollenstein, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:

     “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quiteso,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

   • 2008,Leslie T. Chang,Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China‎^[9], New York:Spiegel & Grau,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,→OL,page73:

     The details of her own life crowded out everything else; almost every time I saw Min, she had something new to tell me. It sometimes felt as if the laws of the physical world did not apply to her, that she had only to think of something — a job switch, a breakup — to make itso. If I didn’t see her for a while, she might forget to tell me that she had quit a factory or gotten a raise, because in her mind she had already moved on.

2. In that state or manner; with that attribute.Aproadjective that replaces the aforementionedadjective phrase.
   • 1823,Andrew Reed,Martha:

     If this separation was painful to all parties, it was mostso to Martha.

   • 1872,Charles Dickens, “The Personal History ofDavid Copperfield”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name):

     But if I had been more fit to be married, I might have made you moreso too.

   • 1947, Liberty Hyde Bailey,The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture:

     It must be understood that while the nelumbiums are hardy, they areso only as long as the tubers are out of the reach of frost.

3. (dated,UK,slang)Homosexual.

   Is heso?

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

• make it so
• more so

so

1. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a newtopic,question orstory, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.

   Synonyms:look,well,see,hey

   So, let's go home.

   So, what'll you have?

   So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...

   So, everyone wants to know – did you win the contest or not?

   • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:

     So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.

2. Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.

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

3. Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.

   What are you doing? /So I'm just fixing this shelf.

   What time does the train leave? /So it leaves at 10 o'clock.

4. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still;used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

Though certain uses of "sentence-initial so" had been common for a long time, the perceived excessive use of the word at the start of sentences, such as at the start of answers to questions, became controversial in the 2010s, being described as "annoying".^[1][2]

so

1. Abbreviation ofsomeone.

• sb(“somebody”)

Shortened fromsol, to make it anopen syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale, from Glover'ssolmization, fromMiddle Englishsol(“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),Italiansol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable ofLatinsolve(“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymnUt queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

so (pluralsos)

1. (music) A syllable used insolfège to represent the fifth note of amajor scale.

Borrowed fromJapanese蘇(so).

so (uncountable)

1. (foods) A type ofdairy product, made especially inJapan between the seventh and tenth centuries, byreducingmilk byboiling it.

•  So (dairy product) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Another photo ofso at Wikicommons

• “so”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “so”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

• ah so

• -os,-os-,O&S,O's,O. S.,O.S.,OS,OS.,Os,o's,o.s.,os,os-

• soe(Western Cape)

FromDutchzo, fromMiddle Dutchsô, fromOld Dutchsō, fromProto-West Germanic*swā, from a merger ofProto-Germanic*swa and*swē.

• IPA^(key):/sʊə̯/

so

1. so,likethat/this,thus(in such a way)
2. so,that, to such an extent

• sodat

so

1. Tostand (to be in a standing position).

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R., &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

FromLatinsub.

so

1. (West)under
2. (Center and East)on

• sol

FromLatinsuus(“his, her, its”).

so m sg (feminine singularso,neuter singularso,masculine pluralsos,feminine pluralsos)

1. his,her,its
2. your (polite)
3. their

so

1. his,hers
2. yours (polite)

• suyu

• soi

so

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofser

so (tonesǒ)

1. horse

so

1. house,home

• IPA^(key):/s̺o/[s̺o]
• Rhymes:-o
• Hyphenation:so

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

so (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Northern) [withdativeorallative]looking at

so inan

1. (chiefly Northern)look,gaze

so

1. whoa

   Synonyms:iso,esti

• “so”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “so”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

so

1. he

Inherited fromOld Catalanso~son, fromLatinsonus. CompareOccitanson,Frenchson,Spanishsueno.

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈsɔ]

so m (pluralsons)

1. sound

• sonar
• sònic

Back-formation fromsons(plural). CompareSpanishsueño,Portuguesesono, fromLatinsomnus.

• son(standard)

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈsɔ]

so m (pluralsons)

1. (Tarragon,Mallorca,Menorca)sleep

• sonar
• sònic

• só(pre-2016 spelling)

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈso]

so(archaic,Central, Northwest Catalan,Alghero)

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofésser
2. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofser

• This form is still used in certain dialects, such as Algherese.

• s'(afteramb or sometimesen, before a vowel)
• es(not afteramb or sometimesen)

• IPA^(key):/ˈso/,/ˈsu/

so

1. (Mallorca, Ibiza)Alternative form ofes(“the”,masculine singular)(used afteramb(“with”) and sometimesen(“in”), before a consonant)

   Va anar-hi amb so cotxe. ―He went there with the car.

• “so” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “so”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “so” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “so” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From clipping ofEnglishjetso, fromCantonese著數 /着数(zoek⁶ sou³).^[1]

so

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)benefit;advantage;bargain;discount

so

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)bargain;advantageous

• For quotations using this term, seeCitations:so.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from socialise?”)

• show,騷 /骚,蘇 /苏,穌 /稣

so

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) torespond; topay attention to

so

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, in compounds)Alternative form ofsoc(“society”)

FromVulgar Latinsum, fromLatinsuum, fromProto-Italic*sowos, fromProto-Indo-European*sewos. Cognates includeItaliansuo andFrenchson.

• IPA^(key):/ˈso/

so

1. his,her,their

• so is preceded by a definite article (u,a,i,e orl'):

  Uso libru. ―His book.

• Unlike its French or Italian cognates,so does not decline, either by gender or number:

  Uso libru, iso libri. ―His book,his books.

• “so” inINFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key):[ˈsobota]

so ?

1. Abbreviation ofsobota(“Saturday”).

FromOld Norsesýr, fromProto-Germanic*sūz, fromProto-Indo-European*sū-.

so c (singular definitesoen,plural indefinitesøer)

1. sow (female pig)
2. (derogatory)slut

• møgso
• smatso
• griseso

• “so” inDen Danske Ordbog

FromOld Norsesvá, fromProto-Germanic*swa,*swē. Cognate withSwedishså.

so

1. so, like that, in that manner
2. so, to such a degree

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• IPA^(key):/so/
• Rhymes:-o
• Hyphenation: so

so (accusative singularso-on,pluralso-oj,accusative pluralso-ojn)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterS/s.

• (Latin-script letter names)litero;a,bo,co,ĉo,do,e,fo,go,ĝo,ho,ĥo,i,jo,ĵo,ko,lo,mo,no,o,po,ro,so,ŝo,to,u,ŭo,vo,zo

FromOld Norsesvá, fromProto-Germanic*swa,*swē(“so”), fromProto-Indo-European*swē,*swō (reflexive pronomial stem).

• IPA^(key):/soː/
• Rhymes:-oː
• Homophone:soð

so (notcomparable)

1. so,thus,as
2. then

• IPA^(key):/ˈso(ː)/,[ˈs̠o̞(ː)]
• Rhymes:-o
• Hyphenation^(key):so

so

1. Alternative form ofsoo

• “so”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[10] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-03

• sou

so

1. woman

• Karl James Franklin,Pacific Linguistics (1973,→ISBN, page 130: Polopaso/sou woman, cf. DARsou female animal butwe woman.
• Karl J. Franklin,Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 15: Boro, Suri, Teberasou, Sopesešo
• Carol Anderson,Beginning Folopa Language Lessons and Simple Glossary (2010) (asso)

FromLatinsuus.

so (third-person singular possessive of masculine singular,of feminine singularsô,of masculine pluralsiei,of feminine pluralsôs)

1. (used attributively)his,her,its; ofhis,hers,its
2. (used predicatively)his,hers,its
3. (used substantively)his,hers,its; the thing belonging to him, her,it

• gno
• lôr
• nestri
• to
• vuestri

• su

FromOld Galician-Portugueseso,su,sob, fromLatinsub.

• IPA^(key):[sʊ]

so

1. under,beneath

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “so”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “so”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

FromMiddle High Germansō, fromOld High Germansō, fromProto-West Germanic*swā, fromProto-Germanic*swa,*swē, compare withOld Dutchso andDutchzo.

• IPA^(key):/zoː/(Germany)

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    (Germany)

• IPA^(key):/soː/,/sɔ/(Austria,Southern Germany,Switzerland)
• Rhymes:-oː

so

1. so,such,that

   Die Leute sindso nett. ―People areso nice.

   Dieser Hammer ist nichtso gut. ―This hammer is notthat good.

   Das istso eine gute Idee! ―That issuch a good idea!

   so undso ―such andsuch

2. as (followed by an adjective or adverb pluswie in a statement of equality)

   Er renntso schnell wie der Blitz. ―He runs as fast as lightning.

3. thus,likethis/that, in this/thatway, in this/thatmanner

   Wenn du den Ballso wirfst, triffst du die Zielscheibe.

   If you throw the ball like this, you'll hit the target.

4. then (in that case)

   Wirst du wieder gesund,so freue ich mich. ―If you get healthy again, then I'll be happy.

5. (colloquial)expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning

   Wir sind runtergegangen und haben uns hierso hingesetzt.

   We went downstairs and,like, sat down here.

• einfach so

so

1. (coordinating)thus,so,pursuant to theaforementioned premises
   • 2018,Gerhard Czermak,Eric Hilgendorf,Religions- und Weltanschauungsrecht. Eine Einführung, 2nd edition, Springer,→DOI,→ISBN, § 7 Individuelle Religions- und Weltanschauungsfreiheit Rn. 130, page68:

     Im Einzelnen ist dieAbgrenzung zwischen Bekenntnisfreiheit und Religionsausübungsfreiheit unsicher.So kann etwa die religiöse Kleidung auch der Religionsausübungsfreiheit zugeordnet werden.

     In detail the difference between freedom of confessing and freedom of practicing religion is insecure.Thus for instance, religious clothing can be assigned to the freedom of practicing religion as well.

2. (subordinating, chieflyarchaic, sometimeslaw andregional)an,if

   Synonyms:falls,imFalle dass,wenn

   So es Euch beliebt. ―If it pleases you.

so

1. (colloquial)quotativeparticle, somewhat similar tobe like but also combinable with other verbs

   Ichso: "Mach mal dalli!", und er dannso: "Ich bin ja schon dabei!"

   Iwas like, "Hurry up!" and hewas like, "I'm already on it!"

   Ich dachte mir nurso: "Ja komm, lass stecken."

   All I thought to myself [at that moment] was, "Yeah whatever, forget about it."

   • 1998, “Ich so, Er so”,Dendemann (lyrics), performed byEins Zwo:

     Und er so wie aus heiterem Himmelso: Momentchen, da läuft doch Hip-Hop!
     Und ichso: Ja, das ist richtig!
     Und erso: Biste auch Rapper?
     Und ichso: Ja, so Hobby
     Und der Typ so originalso: Oh welch ein Zufall, das bin ich nämlich auch!

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 May 16, Lou Zucker, “Erwartungen beim Dating: Mehr als das Minimum”, inDie Tageszeitung: taz‎^[11],→ISSN:

     Besonders überzeugt hatte mich dieser Moment meines Dates: „Ich habe gesagt: Ich weiß nicht, ob ich mich gerade bereit für Sex fühle. Da lag ich schon halb nackt in seinem Bett. Und erso: Cool, dann können wir ja einfach knutschen und kuscheln!“

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial)generalizing particle, combines with question words to ask to be given a broad idea, typically by way of some examples

   Was liest duso? ―What sort of things do you read? (Give me a handful of titles)

   Wie ist es daso? ―What's it like there? (Tell me of your typical experience)

• This quotation particle can be combined with a number of verbs but, somewhat unusually, it doesn't require the clause to contain any predicate at all. In such cases, the meaning is roughly that oftosay in the past tense.

so

1. (obsolete, relative)that,which,who

   Derhalben sind die Christen schuldig, der Obrigkeit unterthan[…] zu seyn in Allem,so ohne Sünde geschehen mag.

   That do the Christians owe: to be obedient to the authority[…] in allthat may be done without sin.

   (Augsburger Bekenntnis)

• wo
• der
• welcher

so

1. (colloquial)adiscourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating atopic having beendealt with and another beingtackled

   Synonyms:tamam,okay,in Ordnung,fein,gut

   • 1887,Eduard Engel,Griechische Frühlingstage, 4th, purer edition, Radebeul bei Dresden: Haupt & Hammon, published1927, page361:

     So, das sind die Entscheidungen der größten Gelehrten über die doch nicht ganz unwichtige Frage, wie eine der Sprachen auszusprechen sei, in der jahraus jahrein in Deutschland gutgezählte 50 000 junge Menschenkinder unterrichtet werden.
     Trotz jenen Entscheidungen ist natürlich noch lange nicht daran zu denken, daß dem Unfug einer als gänzlich falsch erkannten Aussprache des Griechischen ein Ende gesetzt wäre. Der Schlendrian wird auf diesem Gebiete des Schulwesens wohl ebenso lange dauern, wie auf vielen andern; denn bequem ist allerdings jener Schlendrian, nur wissenschaftlich ist er nicht, und unbrauchbar für das Leben ist er obendrein. Die Beseitigung des Schlendrians werde ich wohl nicht mehr erleben, auch dann nicht, wenn Plato selber aus der Asche auferstünde und die deutschen Schulmänner die richtige Aussprache lehrte. Sie würden ihm beweisen, daß er sich irre: er habe in den mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden seit seinem Tode gewiß die richtige Aussprache vergessen; sie aber, die deutschen Oberlehrer und Direktoren, kennten sie ganz genau: sie wäre buchstäblich so wie das Neuhochdeutsche des 20. Jahrhunderts gewesen.

     So these are the reckonings of the greatest scholars about the not quite insignificant question how one of the languages which is taught to about 50 000 young lads per annum should be pronounced.
     In spite of these reckonings by far it is not to think that this buffoonery of an utterly wrong pronunciation of Greek would come to an end. The litherness in this field of schooling will last as long as in many others; for convenient it is forsooth, but scientific it is not, and devoid of use for life ’tis on top. The elimination of this litherness I will not be an observer of in my lifetime, even if Plato himself were to rise from his ashes and teach the pedants the right pronunciation. They would shew him his being at fault: he surely has forgot the right pronunciation; but them, the senior and head teachers know it very well; it would be literally like the New High German of the 20th century.

• “so” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “so”, inJohn Francis Davis, transl.,Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published1891

sō

1. Romanization of𐍃𐍉

so

1. Alternative form ofsok

• IPA^(key):/sˠɔ/

so

1. Munster form ofseo(used after a word ending in a velarized ("broad") consonant)
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, inMarie-Louise Sjoestedt,Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études;270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page193:

     Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean ógso.

     Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people forthis young girl.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “so”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• Nashimoto, Kuninao (2020) “so”, inニューエクスプレスプラス アイルランド語 [Nyūekusupuresu Purasu Airurando-go,New Express Irish] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha,→ISBN, pages17–19

• sò(misspelling)

• IPA^(key):/ˈsɔ/^*[1]
• Rhymes:-ɔ
• Hyphenation:sò

so

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofsapere(“I know”)

   Nonloso. ―I don'tknow (it).

   Losoio! ―(But) Ido (know it)!

Derived fromEnglishso.

• IPA^(key):/so/

so

1. so

   Wa mek unu kip dis-ya ruumso chaka-chaka?

   Why do you keep this roomso untidy?

so

1. emphasis particle

   yaso

   right here

   deso

   right there

so

1. Thehiragana syllableそ(so) or thekatakana syllableソ(so) inHepburn romanization.

so

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofser

Borrowed fromEnglishso.

• IPA^(key):/so/
• Rhymes:-o
• Homophone:sô

so

1. so(discourse particle)(clarification of this definition is needed)

so

1. second-personsingularimperative ofsoen

• IPA^(key):/so/

FromFrenchson.

so

1. (possessive)his,her,its,one's

FromFrenchchaud.

so

1. hot,warm.

• fre

FromOld Dutchsō, fromProto-West Germanic*swā, fromProto-Germanic*swa.

• IPA^(key):/zoː/

sô

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

sô

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

• Dutch:zo
• Limburgish:zoe,zoea

Weakened form ofsoe.

• IPA^(key):/zoː/,/zo/

sô

1. (chiefly Flemish)Alternative form ofsi(“she”)

• “so (I)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• “so (II)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “so”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN

FromOld Englishswā, fromProto-West Germanic*swā.

• swo
• zo(Kent)

• IPA^(key):/sɔː/

so

1. so

• English:so
• Geordie English:se
• Scots:sae
• Yola:zo,zoo,sae

• “sō,adv.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

so

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal)Alternative form ofsche

• su

FromMalaysudah.

• IPA^(key):/sɔ/
• (in fast speech)IPA^(key):/sɔ̆/,/sɔ̥/

so

1. perfective aspect, indicating that the process has been accomplished

   Dongso balajar di skola.

   Theyhave studied at school.

Borrowed fromNorwegianså.

so

1. so,then, in that case
2. so, to this or thatextent

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[12], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

• så

FromMiddle Norwegianso,svo, fromOld Norsesvá, fromProto-Indo-European*swa. Akin toEnglishso.

• IPA^(key):/suː/

so

1. so

   Dei seierso.

   So they say.

2. that

   Eg visste ikkje at dei skulle veraso mange.

   I didn't know that they were going to bethat many.

3. as

   So vidt eg veit.

   As far as I know.

4. then

   Eg gjekk på kino.So gjekk eg heim.

   I went to the movies.Then I went home.

so

1. so

   Eg barberte meg,so ho skulle synast eg var fin.

   I shavedso that she would think I looked nice.

• “so” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromOld Occitanso, fromLatinipsum.

so (femininesa,masculine pluralsos,feminine pluralsas)

1. Alternative form oflo (rare)

• In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural issei.

FromProto-West Germanic*swā, fromProto-Germanic*swa.

sō

1. so, like that, in that manner

• Middle Dutch:sô
  • Dutch:zo
  • Limburgish:zoe,zoea

• “sō (I)”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

• sa,se,sea,seo,siu

FromProto-Celtic*so(“this”), fromProto-Indo-European*só.

• IPA^(key):/so/

so

1. this (used after the noun, which is preceded by thedefinite article)

   ind epistilso ―this epistle

• Irish:seo
• Scottish Gaelic:seo
• Manx:shoh

FromProto-West Germanic*swā, fromProto-Germanic*swa.

sō

1. so, like that, in that manner
2. as
   • Heliand, verse 906

     ...sō Johannes duot diurlīk dōperi dago gehwilikas...

     ...as John does, dear baptist, every day...

so

1. he,it

so

1. masculinenominativesingular ofta(“that”)

FromSanskritस ; सो(sa ; so,“nom.sg.masc pron. and pronom. adj. he, that”).

• IPA^(key):/so/

so (demonstrative,Perso-Arabic spellingسوۡ)

1. the
2. that (agr: rem nom masc)

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “so”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[13], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “so”, inA Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/so/

so (demonstrative,Perso-Arabic spellingسوۡ)

1. it
2. he (rem masc nom)

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “so”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[14], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

so

1. grass

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland,Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

so(Faenza)

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofësar(“to be”)

so

1. what?^[1][2]

   So kerel lesqo papu?

   What is his grandpa doing?

FromProto-Bantu*có.

só class1a (pluralbāsó class2a)

1. yourfather
2. yourpaternaluncle

so

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofèssere

Reduced form ofseo.

• IPA^(key):/s̪ɔ/

so

1. Obsolete form of-sa.
2. Obsolete form ofseo.

Borrowed fromEnglishso

• IPA^(key):/s̪o/

so

1. (colloquial,informal)so,therefore

• Highly colloquial and English-influenced; forms such asmar sin are preferred in higher registers.

• sȏl(Croatia)

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*solь, fromProto-Indo-European*seh₂ls.

• IPA^(key):/sôː/

sȏ f (Cyrillic spellingсо̑)

1. (Bosnia,Serbia)salt

FromSerbo-Croatianso.

• IPA^(key):/so/

so m

1. salt

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000),Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sъ(n).

• IPA^(key):/zo/,(withmnou)/so/

so[withinstrumental]

1. Alternative form ofs
   • 1903, Jozef Gregor Tajovský,Maco Mlieč :

     „Tak vy ste, Maco, celkom spokojnýso službou a plácou?“

     “So, Maco, you are rather satisfiedwith the service and the wage, aren’t you?”

• Used when the next word begins withs,z,š orž or with a consonant cluster containing one of these consonants. It is also used with the pronounmnou(“me”).

• “so”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

• IPA^(key):/sɔ́/

sȍ

1. third-personpluralpresent ofbíti

• IPA^(key):/ˈso/[ˈso]
• Rhymes:-o
• Syllabification:so

Inherited fromLatinsub, fromProto-Italic*supo, fromProto-Indo-European*upo.

so

1. (archaic)under

• So is very rare in modern Spanish, surviving only in certain expressions, includingso pena de(“on pain of, under penalty of”),so pretexto de orso color de(“under pretext of”),a so capa(“secretly, with bribery”).

Contraction ofseñor(“Sir”).

so

1. (emphatic,derogatory)you

   ¡Sotonto! ―You blithering idiot!

   ¡Soborrachos! ―You bloody drunks!

Borrowed fromEnglishso.

so

1. (US,Puerto Rico,Philippines,El Salvador)so

so

1. whoa!

• “so”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

FromOld Swedishsō (Old Icelandic/Norwegiansýr), fromOld East Norse*sōʀ, fromProto-Germanic*sūz, fromProto-Indo-European*sū-. Compare the identicalko (Old Icelandic/Norwegiankýr,Old Swedishkō).

• IPA^(key):/suː/
• Homophone:zoo

so c

1. (rare)sow (femalepig)

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

• sugga

• OS,os

FromEnglishsaw.

so

1. saw

FromEnglishshow.

so

1. show

FromProto-Finnic*soo.

so

1. swamp,marsh,bog