Sophie

See also: sophie

English

Etymology 1

The French equivalent, and also an English pet form, of Sophia, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, wisdom).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊfi

Proper noun

Sophie

  1. A female given name.
    • 1832 Barry Cornwall, English Songs, 1851, LXXXV ("To Sophie"):
      Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?
    • 1991 Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, →ISBN page 241, 252:
      No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - -
      Sophie Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.
    • 1995, Marilyn Seguin, The Bell Keeper: The story of Sophia and the Massacre of the Indians at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, in 1782, page 8,
      Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie," he said. "I have one more stone still."

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See Sophy

Noun

Sophie (plural Sophies)

  1. Archaic spelling of Sophy[1] (title of a Safavid dynasty shah):
    • 1980, Savory, Roger, Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259:
      The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Sophie.

References

  1. Sophy, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Cebuano

Etymology

From the English Sophie, the pet form of Sophia or from French Sophie. From Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, wisdom).

Proper noun

Sophie

  1. a female given name

Danish

Proper noun

Sophie

  1. A female given name, variant of Sofie.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ.fi/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Sophie f

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Sophia.
  2. (geography, archaic) the capital city of Bulgaria

Synonyms


German

Proper noun

Sophie

  1. A female given name, variant of Sophia

Norman

Proper noun

Sophie f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia.

Swedish

Proper noun

Sophie c (genitive Sophies)

  1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Sofie.
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