adj
Meaning 1
True.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
sooth
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adv
Meaning 3
In truth; indeed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 4
Truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Augury; prognostication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Blandishment; cajolery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Reality; fact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative form of saunth (“type of chutney”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 9
Obsolete form of soothe.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
truth or reality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in sooth
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Broader terms: truthfulness
History
Etymology
From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1sónts, *h1s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1es- (“to be”). Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: vera — true
- Aragonese: verdat — truth
- Armenian: ճշմարտություն (čšmartutʻyun) — truth
- Bulgarian: истина (istina) — truth
- Catalan: veritat — truth
- Czech: pravda — truth
- Dutch: waarheid — truth
- Galician: verdade — truth
- German: Wahrheit — truth
- Hungarian: igazság — truth
- Hungarian: való — truth
- Japanese: 真実 (shinjitsu) — truth
- Latin: veritas — truth
- Occitan: veritat — truth
- Portuguese: verdade — truth
- Romansh: verdad — truth
- Russian: и́стина (ístina) — truth
- Russian: пра́вда (právda) — truth
- Spanish: verdad — truth