soit

See also: söit and số ít

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

soit

  1. Second-person singular indicative present form of soida.
  2. Second-person singular indicative past form of soida.

Etymology 2

Verb

soit

  1. Second-person singular indicative past form of suoda.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swa/, (interjection) /swat/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: soi, soie, soient, soies, sois

Conjunction

soit

  1. or, meaning, that is to say
    • 3 en janvier, 4 en février, 5 en mars ; soit un total de 12.
      3 in January, 4 in February, 5 in March ; or a total of 12.

Conjunction

soit ... soit

  1. either ... or

Verb

soit

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of être
  2. (chiefly mathematics) let … be.
    Soit f une fonction linéaire.
    Let f be a linear function.

Interjection

soit

  1. OK; granted; so be it.
    • 1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:
      Philippe le Bel souleva légèrement la tête et dit :
      « Mon frère, ce ne sont point des assemblées, mais des Templiers que, ce jour, nous nous occupons.
      Soit, dit Valois, occupons-nous des Templiers.
      Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
      “My brother, it is not with assemblies, but with Knights Templar, that we concern ourselves today.”
      So be it”, said Valois, “let us concern ourselves with Knights Templar.”

See also

Further reading


Old French

Verb

soit

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of estre
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