Phrase guide

isn't it so

phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

phrase

Meaning 1

Isn't it true?

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: right?

Antonyms: none provided

2

phrase

Meaning 2

Isn't it that way?

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَلَيْسَ كَذٰلِكَ؟ (ʔa-laysa ka-ḏālika?) — isn't it so?
  • Arabic: نَعَمْ؟ (naʕam?) — isn't it so?
  • Arabic: مش كده؟ (miš kida?) — isn't it so?
  • Azerbaijani: elə deyil? — isn't it so?
  • Central Bikol: bakong iyo? — isn't it so?
  • Catalan: oi? — isn't it so?
  • Chinese: 著無? /著无? (tio̍h bô?) — isn't it so?
  • Chinese: 是抑無? /是抑无? (sī a̍h bô? / sǐ á bô?) — isn't it so?
  • Chinese: 是毋是? (sī m̄-sī / sǐ m̄-sǐ?) — isn't it so?
  • Literary Chinese: 非歟? — isn't it so?
  • Chinese Mandarin: 是不是? (shì bú shì?) — isn't it so?
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對不對? /对不对? (duì bù duì?) — isn't it so?
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不是嗎? /不是吗? (bùshì ma?) — isn't it so?
  • Czech: že jo? — isn't it so?
  • Danish: ikke sandt? — isn't it so?
  • Danish: eller hvad — isn't it so?
  • Danish: ikke — isn't it so?
  • Dutch: nietwaar? — isn't it so?
  • Esperanto: ĉu ne? — isn't it so?
  • Finnish: eikö totta — isn't it so?
  • French: n'est-ce pas — isn't it so?
  • French: non — isn't it so?
  • Galician: non? — isn't it so?
  • Galician: non si? — isn't it so?
  • German: nicht wahr? — isn't it so?
  • German: oder? — isn't it so?
  • Hindi: न? (na?) — isn't it so?
  • Hungarian: ugye? — isn't it so?
  • Hungarian: nem igaz? — isn't it so?
  • Hungarian: igaz? — isn't it so?
  • Hungarian: nemdebár? — isn't it so?
  • Hungarian: nem így van? — isn't it so?
  • Icelandic: er það ekki? — isn't it so?
  • Icelandic: eða hvað? — isn't it so?
  • Icelandic: ekki satt? — isn't it so?
  • Ido: ka ne? — isn't it so?
  • Interlingua: nonne? — isn't it so?
  • Japanese: ね? (ne?) — isn't it so?
  • Japanese: そうではないですか (sō de wa nai desu ka?) — isn't it so?
  • Kapampangan: ne? — isn't it so?
  • Kapampangan: ewari na? — isn't it so?
  • Kapampangan: alika? — isn't it so?
  • Kapampangan: aliya? — isn't it so?
  • Kapampangan: na? — isn't it so?
  • Kapampangan: ale? — isn't it so?
  • Korean: -죠? (-jo?) — isn't it so?
  • Korean: 않니? (anni?) — isn't it so?
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ikke sant — isn't it so?
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje sant — isn't it so?
  • Persian: مگر نه (magar na) — isn't it so?
  • Polish: czyż nie — isn't it so?
  • Portuguese: não é? — isn't it so?
  • Portuguese: né? — isn't it so?
  • Romanian: nu-i așa? — isn't it so?
  • Russian: не та́к ли? (ne ták li?) — isn't it so?
  • Russian: не пра́вда ли? (ne právda li?) — isn't it so?
  • Russian: ра́зве не та́к? (rázve ne ták?) — isn't it so?
  • Serbo-Croatian: зар не? — isn't it so?
  • Serbo-Croatian: zar ne? — isn't it so?
  • Spanish: ¿no? — isn't it so?
  • Spanish: ¿a que sí? — isn't it so?
  • Swedish: eller hur? — isn't it so?
  • Swedish: inte sant? — isn't it so?
  • Tagalog: hindi ba? — isn't it so?
  • Tagalog: 'di ba? — isn't it so?
  • Thai: ไม่ได้ (mâi dâai) — isn't it so?
  • Thai: หรือครับ (rʉ̌ʉ kráp) — isn't it so?
  • Thai: หรือคะ (rʉ̌ʉ ká) — isn't it so?
  • Thai: ใช่ไหม (châi mǎi) — isn't it so?
  • Turkish: değil mi? — isn't it so?
  • Vietnamese: phải không? — isn't it so?
  • Vietnamese: có phải không? — isn't it so?