Meaning

3 senses

  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

    the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

  2. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.

    Sometimes syllable for both the second and the fifth.

  3. (uncountable)A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.

Examples

25718 sentences

  1. You make me feel so guilty.

    З-за тебе я почуваюся таким винним. — deniko

    ruИз-за тебя я чувствую себя таким виноватым. — odexed

    deDu erzeugst in mir solche Schuldgefühle. — Sudajaengi

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  2. Why are you looking so sad?

    Чому ти такий сумний? — deniko

    deWieso siehst du so traurig aus? — MUIRIEL

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  3. Why did you get so angry?

    Чому ти так розізлився? — deniko

    ruЧего ты так разозлился? — marafon

    deWarum wurdest du so wütend? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Why are you so tired today?

    Чому ти сьогодні такий втомлений? — deniko

    ruПочему ты сегодня такой уставший? — nadya

    deWarum sind Sie so müde heute? — Eldad

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  5. I'm so sorry to hear that.

    Мені дуже шкода це чути. — aandrusiak

    deEs tut mir so leid, das zu hören. — Tamy

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Origin

Shortened from sol, to make it an open syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale,

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).

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Forms

plural: sos
Singularso
Pluralsos

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization:solsoh

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snugsnugglesnuglysoakB2soapA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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