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• Received-Pronunciation: sō
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• Received-Pronunciation: /səʊ/
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• Northumbria: /siː/
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• unstressed: /sə/
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• US: sō
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• US: /soʊ/
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• Canada: [soː]
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• Scotland: /so/
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• Wales: /soː/ without the toe–tow merger
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• /sʌo/ Dublin, Local
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• homophone: seau
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• homophone: soe
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• homophone: soh
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• homophone: sew
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• homophone: sow (toe–tow merger) (sense 2) soy (some non-standard dialects)
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• Canada, General-American: /soʊ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).

From Cantonese 蘇/苏 (sou1).

Shortened from sol, to make it an open syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale, from Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Borrowed from Japanese 蘇 (so).

422 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Burmese: ဟုတ် (hut) — true
• Catalan: això — true
• Catalan: açò — true
• Czech: tak — true
• Danish: sådan — true
• Finnish: näin — true
• Finnish: niin — true
• German: so — true
• Ancient Greek: οὕτως (hoútōs) — true
• Ancient Greek: ὡς (hōs) — true
• Hungarian: igaz — true
• Hungarian: így van — true
• Japanese: そう (sō) — true
• Korean: 그래 (geurae) — true
• Portuguese: assim — true
• Russian: так (tak) — true
• Finnish: sellainen — in that state
• French: le — in that state
• Ancient Greek: τοιοῦτος (toioûtos) — in that state
• Ancient Greek: τοιόσδε (toiósde) — in that state
• Ancient Greek: οἷος (hoîos) — in that state
• Ancient Greek: τοῖος (toîos) — in that state
• Japanese: そう (sō) — in that state
• Russian: тако́й (takój) — in that state
• Azerbaijani: elə — very
• Basque: hain — very
• Catalan: tan — very
• Chinese Cantonese: 好 (hou2) — very
• Chinese Mandarin: 很 (hěn) — very
• Chinese Mandarin: 非常 (fēicháng) — very
• Chinese Mandarin: 太 (tài) — very
• Czech: tak — very
• Danish: så — very
• Dutch: zo — very
• Dutch: zodanig — very
• Esperanto: tiel — very
• Finnish: niin — very
• French: tellement — very
• French: vraiment — very
• French: si — very
• German: so — very
• German: sehr — very
• Greek: τόσο (tóso) — very
• Ancient Greek: ὡς (hōs) — very
• Ancient Greek: οἷον (hoîon) — very
• Hebrew: כל כך — very
• Hindi: इतना (itnā) — very
• Hungarian: olyan — very
• Hungarian: annyira — very
• Indonesian: sangat — very
• Italian: tanto — very
• Italian: veramente — very
• Japanese: とても (totemo) — very
• Korean: 너무 (neomu) — very
• Korean: 매우 (mae'u) — very
• Northern Kurdish: wisa — very
• Northern Kurdish: pir — very
• Northern Kurdish: gelekî — very
• Latin: tam — very
• Malay: sangat — very
• Malay: -nya — very
• Norwegian: så — very
• Occitan: tan — very
• Old English: swā — very
• Polish: tak — very
• Portuguese: tão — very
• Romanian: atât — very
• Russian: о́чень (óčenʹ) — very
• Russian: так (tak) — very
• Scottish Gaelic: cho — very
• Slovene: tako — very
• Spanish: tan — very
• Spanish: más — very
• Swedish: så — very
• Turkish: o kadar — very
• Ukrainian: ду́же (dúže) — very
• Vietnamese: rất — very
• Vietnamese: lắm — very
• Vietnamese: lém — very
• Volapük: so — very
• Walloon: si — very
• Walloon: si télmint — very
• Welsh: mor — very
• Armenian: այնքան (aynkʻan) — to a particular extent
• Azerbaijani: bu qədər — to a particular extent
• Belarusian: так (tak) — to a particular extent
• Bulgarian: така́ (taká) — to a particular extent
• Catalan: tan — to a particular extent
• Chinese Cantonese: 咁 (gam3) — to a particular extent
• Chinese Mandarin: 這麼 /这么 — to a particular extent
• Chinese Mandarin: 这么 (zhème) — to a particular extent
• Chinese Mandarin: 那麼 /那么 (nàme) — to a particular extent
• Chinese Mandarin: 那么 (nàme) — to a particular extent
• Czech: tak — to a particular extent
• Czech: takto — to a particular extent
• Czech: takhle — to a particular extent
• Danish: så — to a particular extent
• Dutch: zo — to a particular extent
• Esperanto: tiom — to a particular extent
• Finnish: niin — to a particular extent
• French: aussi — to a particular extent
• Georgian: იმდენად (imdenad) — to a particular extent
• German: so — to a particular extent
• Greek: τόσο (tóso) — to a particular extent
• Ancient Greek: ὅσον (hóson) — to a particular extent
• Hindi: इतना (itnā) — to a particular extent
• Hindi: यथा (yathā) — to a particular extent
• Hungarian: olyan — to a particular extent
• Hungarian: annyira — to a particular extent
• Hungarian: ilyen — to a particular extent
• Hungarian: ennyire — to a particular extent
• Ingrian: niin — to a particular extent
• Ingrian: näin — to a particular extent
• Ingrian: noin — to a particular extent
• Irish: chomh — to a particular extent
• Italian: tanto — to a particular extent
• Italian: così — to a particular extent
• Japanese: そう (sō) — to a particular extent
• Japanese: こんなに (konna ni) — to a particular extent
• Japanese: それほど (sorehodo) — to a particular extent
• Japanese: このように (kono yō ni) — to a particular extent
• Kashubian: tak — to a particular extent
• Korean: 그렇게 (geureoke) — to a particular extent
• Latin: tam — to a particular extent
• Macedonian: та́ка (táka) — to a particular extent
• Norwegian: så — to a particular extent
• Occitan: tan — to a particular extent
• Old English: swā — to a particular extent
• Polish: tak — to a particular extent
• Polish: aż — to a particular extent
• Portuguese: tão — to a particular extent
• Romanian: atât — to a particular extent
• Russian: так (tak) — to a particular extent
• Sanskrit: यथा (yathā) — to a particular extent
• Sanskrit: एवम् (evam) — to a particular extent
• Scottish Gaelic: cho — to a particular extent
• Serbo-Croatian: та̀ко̄ — to a particular extent
• Serbo-Croatian: tàkō — to a particular extent
• Slovak: tak — to a particular extent
• Slovak: takto — to a particular extent
• Slovene: tako — to a particular extent
• Spanish: tan — to a particular extent
• Swedish: så — to a particular extent
• Thai: มาก (mâak) — to a particular extent
• Turkish: kadar — to a particular extent
• Ukrainian: так (tak) — to a particular extent
• Urdu: اتنا (itnā) — to a particular extent
• Vietnamese: vậy — to a particular extent
• Vietnamese: như vậy — to a particular extent
• Walloon: si — to a particular extent
• Azerbaijani: elə — in the same aformentioned manner
• Azerbaijani: belə — in the same aformentioned manner
• Catalan: així — in the same aformentioned manner
• Chinese Cantonese: 噉樣 /噉样 — in the same aformentioned manner
• Chinese Cantonese: 噉样 — in the same aformentioned manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 這樣 /这样 — in the same aformentioned manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 这样 (zhèyàng) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 如此 (rúcǐ) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Czech: tak — in the same aformentioned manner
• Dalmatian: coisa — in the same aformentioned manner
• Danish: sådan — in the same aformentioned manner
• Dutch: zo — in the same aformentioned manner
• Dutch: zodanig — in the same aformentioned manner
• Esperanto: tiel — in the same aformentioned manner
• Finnish: niin — in the same aformentioned manner
• Finnish: siten — in the same aformentioned manner
• Finnish: täten — in the same aformentioned manner
• French: ainsi — in the same aformentioned manner
• French: comme ça — in the same aformentioned manner
• Friulian: cussì — in the same aformentioned manner
• German: so — in the same aformentioned manner
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰 (swa) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Greek: έτσι (étsi) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Hebrew: כך (kax) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Hindi: ऐसा (aisā) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Hindi: यथा (yathā) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Hungarian: úgy — in the same aformentioned manner
• Hungarian: így — in the same aformentioned manner
• Icelandic: svona — in the same aformentioned manner
• Ido: tante — in the same aformentioned manner
• Ingrian: niin — in the same aformentioned manner
• Ingrian: näin — in the same aformentioned manner
• Ingrian: noin — in the same aformentioned manner
• Istriot: cussèi — in the same aformentioned manner
• Italian: così — in the same aformentioned manner
• Japanese: このように (sono yō ni) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Korean: 그렇게 (geureoke) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Latin: sic — in the same aformentioned manner
• Māori: pēnā — in the same aformentioned manner
• Norwegian: slik — in the same aformentioned manner
• Occitan: aital — in the same aformentioned manner
• Old English: swā — in the same aformentioned manner
• Polish: tak — in the same aformentioned manner
• Portuguese: assim — in the same aformentioned manner
• Portuguese: da mesma forma — in the same aformentioned manner
• Romanian: așa — in the same aformentioned manner
• Russian: так (tak) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Sanskrit: यथा (yathā) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Sanskrit: एवम् (evam) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Slovene: tako — in the same aformentioned manner
• Spanish: así — in the same aformentioned manner
• Swedish: så — in the same aformentioned manner
• Thai: เพื่อให้ (pêua hâi) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Turkish: böyle — in the same aformentioned manner
• Turkish: şöyle — in the same aformentioned manner
• Turkish: öyle — in the same aformentioned manner
• Ukrainian: так (tak) — in the same aformentioned manner
• Venetan: cusì — in the same aformentioned manner
• Walloon: insi — in the same aformentioned manner
• Walloon: inla — in the same aformentioned manner
• Walloon: come çoula — in the same aformentioned manner
• Walloon: come ça — in the same aformentioned manner
• Catalan: tan — slang: very much
• Czech: tak — slang: very much
• Danish: så — slang: very much
• Esperanto: tre — slang: very much
• Finnish: tosi — slang: very much
• French: tellement — slang: very much
• Hebrew: כל כך — slang: very much
• Hungarian: annyira — slang: very much
• Portuguese: tão — slang: very much
• Romanian: atât — slang: very much
• Russian: о́чень (óčenʹ) — slang: very much
• Russian: так (tak) — slang: very much
• Swedish: så — slang: very much
• Ukrainian: ду́же (dúže) — slang: very much
• Ukrainian: так (tak) — slang: very much
• Catalan: perquè — in order that
• Chinese Mandarin: 以便 (yǐbiàn) — in order that
• Czech: aby — in order that
• Danish: så — in order that
• Dutch: zodat — in order that
• Dutch: zodoende — in order that
• Esperanto: por ke — in order that
• Finnish: jotta — in order that
• French: afin que — in order that
• French: pour que — in order that
• German: damit — in order that
• German: sodass — in order that
• German: um ... zu — in order that
• Greek: για να (gia na) — in order that
• Ancient Greek: ἵνα (hína) — in order that
• Ancient Greek: ὡς (hōs) — in order that
• Hindi: ताकि (tāki) — in order that
• Hindi: कि (ki) — in order that
• Hungarian: hogy — in order that
• Hungarian: azért, hogy — in order that
• Italian: perché — in order that
• Italian: affinché — in order that
• Japanese: ために — in order that
• Korean: 하기 위해 (hagi wihae) — in order that
• Korean: 으로 (euro) — in order that
• Latin: ut — in order that
• Lutuv: caacuonakawta — in order that
• Malay: jadi — in order that
• Malay: supaya — in order that
• Malay: agar — in order that
• Norwegian: så — in order that
• Pashto: چې (če) — in order that
• Polish: aby — in order that
• Polish: żeby — in order that
• Portuguese: para que — in order that
• Romanian: ca să — in order that
• Romanian: pentru — in order that
• Russian: что́бы (štóby) — in order that
• Scottish Gaelic: mar sin — in order that
• Spanish: para que — in order that
• Swedish: så — in order that
• Thai: เพื่อ (pʉ̂ʉa) — in order that
• Ukrainian: аби (aby) — in order that
• Ukrainian: щоб (ščob) — in order that
• Vietnamese: để cho — in order that
• Welsh: fel — in order that
• Yiddish: כּדי (kedey) — in order that
• Arabic: فَـ (fa-) — as a result
• Arabic: لِذَا (li-ḏā) — as a result
• Armenian: ուստի (usti) — as a result
• Azerbaijani: ona görə — as a result
• Azerbaijani: buna görə — as a result
• Bengali: তাই (tai) — as a result
• Catalan: així que — as a result
• Catalan: així doncs — as a result
• Chinese Mandarin: 所以 (suǒyǐ) — as a result
• Chinese Mandarin: 因此 (yīncǐ) — as a result
• Czech: tak — as a result
• Dutch: dus — as a result
• Finnish: joten — as a result
• Finnish: niinpä — as a result
• French: alors — as a result
• French: donc — as a result
• Galician: logo — as a result
• Galician: entón — as a result
• German: also — as a result
• Greek: γι’ αυτό (gi’ aftó) — as a result
• Ancient Greek: ὥστε (hṓste) — as a result
• Hindi: तो (to) — as a result
• Hungarian: úgyhogy — as a result
• Hungarian: így — as a result
• Hungarian: ezért — as a result
• Indonesian: jadi — as a result
• Irish: dá bhrí sin — as a result
• Italian: allora — as a result
• Japanese: だから (dakara) — as a result
• Korean: 그래서 (geuraeseo) — as a result
• Ladino: dunke — as a result
• Latin: igitur — as a result
• Malay: jadi — as a result
• Malayalam: അങ്ങനെ (aṅṅane) — as a result
• Pashto: نو (no) — as a result
• Persian: پس (pas) — as a result
• Polish: więc — as a result
• Polish: dlatego — as a result
• Polish: toteż — as a result
• Polish: przeto — as a result
• Polish: tak że — as a result
• Polish: zatem — as a result
• Portuguese: então — as a result
• Romanian: așa că — as a result
• Romanian: deci — as a result
• Russian: и (i) — as a result
• Russian: поэ́тому (poétomu) — as a result
• Russian: та́к что (ták što) — as a result
• Campidanese Sardinian: intzàndus — as a result
• Sardinian: assora — as a result
• Sardinian: tando — as a result
• Sassarese: tandu — as a result
• Scottish Gaelic: los — as a result
• Serbo-Croatian: dakle — as a result
• Slovak: takže — as a result
• Spanish: así que — as a result
• Spanish: así es que — as a result
• Spanish: entonces — as a result
• Spanish: conque — as a result
• Spanish: por tanto — as a result
• Spanish: por consiguiente — as a result
• Spanish: por lo tanto — as a result
• Spanish: por eso — as a result
• Spanish: por cuanto — as a result
• Spanish: por ende — as a result
• Spanish: por lo que — as a result
• Spanish: de forma que — as a result
• Swahili: hivyo — as a result
• Swedish: så — as a result
• Swedish: därför — as a result
• Thai: ดังนั้น (dang nán) — as a result
• Turkish: bu yüzden — as a result
• Turkish: o yüzden — as a result
• Ukrainian: тому́ (tomú) — as a result
• Ukrainian: так що (tak ščo) — as a result
• Vietnamese: nên — as a result
• Vietnamese: thế nên — as a result
• Vietnamese: vậy nên — as a result
• Vietnamese: thành ra — as a result
• Vietnamese: thành thử — as a result
• Welsh: felly — as a result
• Spanish: y bien — used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question
• Arabic: إِذًا (ʔiḏan) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Arabic: فَ (fa) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Arabic: طب (ṭabb) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Arabic: ف (fa) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Iraqi Arabic: لعد (laʕad) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Iraqi Arabic: چا (čā) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Arabic: إيوا (ʔīwa) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Basque: ba — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Catalan: així — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Catalan: doncs — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Chinese Mandarin: 那麼 /那么 (nàme) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Chinese Mandarin: 那么 (nàme) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Czech: takže — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Danish: så — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Dutch: dus — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Dutch: maar — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Esperanto: nu — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Finnish: eli — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• French: alors — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• French: du coup — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• French: ben — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• French: donc — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• German: also — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Greek: λοιπόν (loipón) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hebrew: אָז (az) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hindi: तो (to) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hungarian: na — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hungarian: és — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hungarian: no — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hungarian: nos — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hungarian: akkor — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Hungarian: hát akkor — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Italian: allora — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Japanese: そう (sō) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Japanese: では (de wa) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Japanese: じゃ — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Latin: ergo — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Malay: jadi — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Persian: پس (pas) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Persian: باری (bâri) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Polish: tak więc — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Polish: zatem — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Polish: cóż, więc — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Polish: no — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Polish: no i — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Portuguese: então — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Portuguese: aí — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Portuguese: daí — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Russian: так (tak) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Russian: ита́к (iták) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Spanish: pues — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Spanish: entonces — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Spanish: pos — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Spanish: entonce — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Swedish: så — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Ukrainian: отже (otže) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Urdu: تو (to) — interjection used to introduce a new topic
• Catalan: i — short for so what
• Danish: og — short for so what
• Finnish: ja — short for so what
• German: na und — short for so what
• Hungarian: na és — short for so what
• Hungarian: és akkor — short for so what
• Hungarian: és aztán — short for so what
• Hungarian: na és aztán — short for so what
• Swedish: och — short for so what