sos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sos"

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Translingual

Symbol

sos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Seenku.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Seenku terms

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sos

1. plural of so

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• SoS

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒs/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Interjection

sos

2. (Internet slang, humorous, nonce word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

   Synonyms: joj, sus

   • 2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr‎^[3]:

     she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL

   • 2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr‎^[4]:

     Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.

   • 2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr‎^[5]:

     #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos

   • 2025 January 31, Joseph Rothschild, “A THOUSAND DIFFERENT PATHS TO MID - Dueltaining”, in YouTube‎^[6]:

     Whoa! What is Flelf [Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card] doing on the field? You know this is actually a retrain? The original card is called Sos.

Anagrams

• 'oss, OSS, OSs, SSO, oss

Ahtna

Etymology

Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ (“black bear”). Compare Navajo shash.

Noun

sos

1. bear

Derived terms

• sos gigeʼ (“soapberry”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 7, 465

Albanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐσώσα (esṓsa), aorist of Ancient Greek σῶς (sôs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔs/ (Standard)
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Verb

sos (aorist sosa, participle sosur) (colloquial)

1. (transitive) to finish off, to end

   Synonyms: mbaroj, përfundoj

2. (figurative, transitive) to accomplish, to succeed

   Synonyms: përmbush, plotësoj

3. (transitive, third person) to suffice, to be enough
4. (intransitive, southern Gheg, Tosk, Elbasan) to arrive somewhere

   Synonym: arrij

5. (obsolete) save
6. kill
7. exhaust

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of sos (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

		participle		sosur
		gerund		duke sosur
		infinitive		për të sosur
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	sos	sos	sos	sosim	sosni	sosin
	imperfect	sosja	sosje	soste	sosnim	sosnit	sosnin
	aorist	sosa	sose	sosi	sosëm	sosët	sosën
perfect	kam sosur	ke sosur	ka sosur	kemi sosur	keni sosur	kanë sosur
past perfect	kisha sosur	kishe sosur	kishte sosur	kishim sosur	kishit sosur	kishin sosur
aorist II	pata sosur	pate sosur	pati sosur	patëm sosur	patët sosur	patën sosur
future1	do të sos	do të sosësh	do të sosë	do të sosim	do të sosni	do të sosin
future perfect2	do të kem sosur	do të kesh sosur	do të ketë sosur	do të kemi sosur	do të keni sosur	do të kenë sosur
subjunctive	present	të sos	të sosësh	të sosë	të sosim	të sosni	të sosin
imperfect	të sosja	të sosje	të soste	të sosnim	të sosnit	të sosnin
perfect	të kem sosur	të kesh sosur	të ketë sosur	të kemi sosur	të keni sosur	të kenë sosur
past perfect	të kisha sosur	të kishe sosur	të kishte sosur	të kishim sosur	të kishit sosur	të kishin sosur
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të sosja	do të sosje	do të soste	do të sosnim	do të sosnit	do të sosnin
	past perfect	do të kisha sosur	do të kishe sosur	do të kishte sosur	do të kishim sosur	do të kishit sosur	do të kishin sosur
optative	present	sossha	sossh	sostë	sosshim	sosshi	sosshin
perfect	paça sosur	paç sosur	pastë sosur	paçim sosur	paçit sosur	paçin sosur
admirative	present	soskam	soske	soska	soskemi	soskeni	soskan
	imperfect	soskësha	soskëshe	soskësh	soskëshim	soskëshit	soskëshin
perfect	paskam sosur	paske sosur	paska sosur	paskemi sosur	paskeni sosur	paskan sosur
past perfect	paskësha sosur	paskëshe sosur	paskësh sosur	paskëshim sosur	paskëshit sosur	paskëshin sosur
imperative	present	—	sos	—	—	sosni	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Interjection

sos

1. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) indeed, really, in fact

   Synonyms: se mos, nuk

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[7], 1980
• “sos”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “sos”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 456

Ashkun

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *swasā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

sos (Sanu)

1. sister

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sos m (plural sos)

1. friend, mate, pal

   Synonyms: kothman, koweth

References

• “sos” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Danish

Noun

sos c

1. indefinite genitive singular of so

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔs/

Etymology 1

Shortening of socialist.

Noun

sos m (plural sossen, diminutive sosje n, feminine sosse)

1. (derogatory, Belgium) socialist

   Synonym: socialist

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sos m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (slang, Netherlands) synonym of cocaïne

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

sos

1. masculine plural of son

Galician

Alternative forms

• sodes

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sodes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔs]

Verb

sos

1. (dated) second-person plural present indicative of ser; you are
   • 1446, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 179:

     a vos Loys Gonçales das Tendas, Vasco Gomes, Afonso Yañes da Lagea, Martín do Cabo, Gomes Peres, Aluaro Afonso da Fonteyña, regidores da dita çibdad, que soos presentes

     to you, Lois González das Tendas, Vasco Gómez, Afonso Yanes da Laxe, Martín do Cabo, Gómez Pérez, Álvaro Afonso da Fonteíña, aldermen of said city, who are present

   • 1894, Galo Salinas, A mitra de ferro ardente, page 31:

     Lembranzas que da mente sos delicia

     [You] Memories, that are delight of the mind

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sos”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sos”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish soss. Maybe from Proto-Celtic *sodstos, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠɔsˠ/

Noun

sos m (genitive singular sosa, nominative plural sosanna)

1. rest, pause, break

   Synonym: briseadh

   sos a ghlacadh; sos a thógáil ― to take a break

2. (dated) shift (of workers), supply (of goods), installment (of rent)

   D'ith sé sos maith. ― He ate a good fill.

Declension

Declension of sos (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sos sosanna vocative a shos a shosanna genitive sosa sosanna dative sos sosanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sos na sosanna genitive an tsosa na sosanna dative leis an sos don sos leis na sosanna

Derived terms

• sosadh (“resting-place”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sos	shos after an, tsos	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “sos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1090; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• “sos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Ladino

Verb

sos

1. second-person singular present indicative of ser

Leonese

Verb

sos

1. second-person singular present indicative of sere

Malay

Alternative forms

• saus (Indonesia)
• saos (Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch saus, from Middle Dutch sause, from Old French sauce, from Latin salsus (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/ [ˈsos]

Noun

sos (Jawi spelling سوس, plural sos-sos or sos²)

1. sauce

Further reading

• "sos" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Polish

sos

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔs/

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔs]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: sos

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

French saucebor.

Polish sos

Borrowed from French sauce. Doublet of salsa.

Noun

sos m inan (diminutive sosik)

1. sauce (liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food)

Declension

Declension of sos

	singular	plural
nominative	sos	sosy
genitive	sosu	sosów
dative	sosowi	sosom
accusative	sos	sosy
instrumental	sosem	sosami
locative	sosie	sosach
vocative	sosie	sosy

Etymology 2

See szosa.

Noun

sos m inan

1. (Łowicz) alternative form of szosa

Further reading

• “sos”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[8] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sos”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[9] (in Polish)
• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “sos”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 56

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sauce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sos/
• Rhymes: -os

Noun

sos n (plural sosuri)

1. sauce
2. gravy

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sos	sosul	sosuri	sosurile
genitive-dative	sos	sosului	sosuri	sosurilor
vocative	sosule		sosurilor

Synonyms

• îngroșăluță
• rântaș
• mărtaș

Further reading

• “sos”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin ipsōs, accusative plural of ipse (“himself”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sos/

Article

sos m pl (feminine sas)

1. (Logudorese, Nuorese) plural of su: the (masculine plural definite article)

See also

• is

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “ísse”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Selk'nam

Numeral

sos

1. one

Derived terms

• sos-haruwen

References

• Charles Wellington Furlong, The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego, in the Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists (December 1915)
• Los Selk'nam: la vida de los Onas en Tierra del Fuego (2007)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sauce, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, from Latin salsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôːs/

Noun

sȏs m inan (Cyrillic spelling со̑с)

1. sauce

   Synonym: ȕmāk

Declension

Declension of sos

	singular	plural
nominative	sȏs	sósovi
genitive	sosa	sosova
dative	sosu	sosovima
accusative	sos	sosove
vocative	sosu	sosovi
locative	sosu	sosovima
instrumental	sosom	sosovima

References

• “sos”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/ [ˈsos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: sos

Verb

sos

1. second-person singular voseo present indicative of ser

Swedish

Noun

sos

1. indefinite genitive singular of so

Anagrams

• oss

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sauce.

Noun

sos

1. sauce; gravy

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sauce. Doublet of salça and salsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sos/
• Hyphenation: sos

Noun

sos (definite accusative sosu, plural soslar)

1. sauce

Declension

Declension of sos

singular plural nominative sos soslar definite accusative sosu sosları dative sosa soslara locative sosta soslarda ablative sostan soslardan genitive sosun sosların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sosum soslarım 2nd singular sosun sosların 3rd singular sosu sosları 1st plural sosumuz soslarımız 2nd plural sosunuz soslarınız 3rd plural sosları sosları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sosumu soslarımı 2nd singular sosunu soslarını 3rd singular sosunu soslarını 1st plural sosumuzu soslarımızı 2nd plural sosunuzu soslarınızı 3rd plural soslarını soslarını dative singular plural 1st singular sosuma soslarıma 2nd singular sosuna soslarına 3rd singular sosuna soslarına 1st plural sosumuza soslarımıza 2nd plural sosunuza soslarınıza 3rd plural soslarına soslarına locative singular plural 1st singular sosumda soslarımda 2nd singular sosunda soslarında 3rd singular sosunda soslarında 1st plural sosumuzda soslarımızda 2nd plural sosunuzda soslarınızda 3rd plural soslarında soslarında ablative singular plural 1st singular sosumdan soslarımdan 2nd singular sosundan soslarından 3rd singular sosundan soslarından 1st plural sosumuzdan soslarımızdan 2nd plural sosunuzdan soslarınızdan 3rd plural soslarından soslarından genitive singular plural 1st singular sosumun soslarımın 2nd singular sosunun soslarının 3rd singular sosunun soslarının 1st plural sosumuzun soslarımızın 2nd plural sosunuzun soslarınızın 3rd plural soslarının soslarının

Derived terms

• istiridye sosu
• sosluk
• soya sosu

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *swasā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/

Noun

sos (Ameshdesh, Nisheigram, Waigal)

1. sister

Welsh

Alternative forms

• saws, sôs

Etymology

From Middle English sauce, from Old French sauce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːs/

Noun

sos m (plural sosys, not mutable)

1. (colloquial) sauce

Coordinate terms

• sos brown (“brown sauce”)
• sos coch (“tomato sauce, ketchup”)

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zazaki

Noun

sos

1. sauce