soit
Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editsoit
- so be it
- Synonym:het zij zo
Finnish
editEtymology 1
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editsoit
Etymology 2
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Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFromLatinsĭt, third-person singular present subjunctive ofsum.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsoit
- third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofêtre
- Elle travaille dur pour que son projetsoit un succès. ―She works hard to make her project a success.
- (mathematics)let be
- Soit f une fonction linéaire.
- Let fbe a linear function.
Usage notes
editUsed in the mathematical sense, this verb form is the first word of the phrase, preceding the subject in the word order.
Conjunction
editsoit
- 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
editsoit ... soit
- either ...or
- Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie,soit un chat,soit un chien.
- He wants to adopt a pet,either a cat,or a dog.
- Je lui ai dit que j’aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps,soit jouer du piano,soit apprendre une langue.
- I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies again,be that playing the pianoor learning a language.
Interjection
editsoit
- 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.”
- Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
- 1965, Maurice Druon,Les Rois maudits, tome 1,Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Dutch:soit
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “soit”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
Old French
editVerb
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