A2noun · countable / uncountable · common

soft

soft · softs

A soft drinkA soft drink.

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UK/sɒft/US/sɔft/

» Do you have any soft drinks?

Haben Sie Getränke ohne Alkohol?

Haben Sie nichtalkoholische Getränke?

Habt ihr nichtalkoholische Getränke?

Haben Sie alkoholfreie Getränke?

У вас есть безалкогольные напитки?

У тебя есть что-нибудь безалкогольное?

У вас є якісь безалкогольні напої?

Meaning

6 senses

(countable, uncountable)A soft drink.
(countable)A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.
(colloquial, countable)A soft sound or part of a sound.
(countable, dated, nonstandard, rare)A piece of software.
(archaic, countable)A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.
(UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Banknotes.

Examples

570 sentences

Do you have any soft drinks?
У вас є якісь безалкогольні напої? — deniko
ruУ вас есть безалкогольные напитки? — elsteris
deHaben Sie Getränke ohne Alkohol? — MUIRIEL
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She has a soft and clear voice.
Вона говорила тихо і чітко. — aandrusiak
deSie hatte eine weiche und klare Stimme. — Esperantostern
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This bed is too soft for me.
Це ліжко зам'яке для мене. — deniko
ruЭта кровать для меня слишком мягкая. — odexed
deDieses Bett ist mir zu weich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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This bed is way too soft for me.
Це ліжко аж занадто м'яке для мене. — deniko
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Tom has a soft spot for Mary.
Том відчуває слабкість до Мері. — deniko
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Origin

From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”), f

From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”), from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (“level, even, smooth, soft, gentle”) (compare *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *semptio-, *semtio-, from *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with West Frisian sêft (“gentle; soft”), Dutch zacht (“soft”), German Low German sacht (“soft”), German sanft (“soft, yielding”), Old Norse sœmr (“agreeable, fitting”), samr (“same”). More at seem, same.

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Forms

plural: softs

Singular	soft
Plural	softs

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable

Collocations

4 patterns

was too soft
soft boiled
soft drinks
has a soft