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soy

/ˈsɔɪ/SOY
/ˈsɔɪ/SOY

Meaninga bean sauce

Common meaning: a salty sauce made from fermented beans

Journey through time

  1. Japanesesooja‘the bean sauce’source
  2. Early English spellingsoysource
  3. Englishsoy‘a salty sauce made from fermented beans’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Japanese sooja ‘a bean sauce’.

Roots

  • sooja Japanese “a bean sauce”

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