conj
Meaning 1
Obsolete form of so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
soe
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/səʊ/
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rhymes with -əʊ
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homophone: seau
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homophone: so
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homophone: soh
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homophone: sew
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homophone: sow (toe–tow merger) (sense 2)
name
Meaning 2
Initialism of Special Operations Executive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Qualifier: World War II
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
Initialism of state-owned enterprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business
Examples
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 6th 2012 issue, China’s state capitalism: Not just tilting at windmills Having seen post-Soviet state assets fall into the hands of oligarchs, China built up a select group of SOEs with cheap loans, land and energy, so that the wealth would remain with the party.
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History
Etymology
Borrowing from Burmese စိုး (cui:) and/or Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou1) or Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘).
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྲོས་ (sros).
From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc. s.sá), both from Proto-Germanic *saihaz (“bucket, vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (“to reach, grasp”). Cognate with Swedish så (“large wooden water vessel”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 國企 /国企 (guóqǐ) — state-owned enterprise
- Indonesian: BUMN — state-owned enterprise
- Indonesian: PN — state-owned enterprise
- Polish: PP — state-owned enterprise
- Russian: ГП (GP) — state-owned enterprise
- Ukrainian: ДП (DP) — state-owned enterprise
- Vietnamese: DNNN — state-owned enterprise