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3-letter words (3 found)

IOS,ISO,OIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

IO,IS,OI,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 9 words from iso according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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iso sio ios ois soi osi

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Definitions and meaning of iso

iso

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/
  • Homophone: ISO

Noun

iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of isolation.
    1. Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
    2. (American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
  2. (category theory) Clipping of isomorphism.

Derived terms

  • self-iso

Anagrams

  • IOs, Ios, OIs, OSI, SOI, iOS, ios, soi

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

Numeral

iso

  1. one

References

  • The Brunei Museum Journal (1983), volume 5, issue 3, page 116

Finnish

Etymology

isä (father) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈis̠o̞]
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification(key): i‧so

Adjective

iso (comparative isompi, superlative isoin)

  1. big, large, great (of a great size)
    Synonyms: suuri; see also Thesaurus:iso
    Antonym: pieni
    isoympyrägreat circle
  2. big, grown-up
    Synonyms: varttunut, aikuinen, vanha
    Antonyms: pieni, nuori
    olet jo iso poikayou're a big boy already
  3. great (powerful; important; influential)
    Synonyms: suuri, mahtava
    Iso-BritanniaGreat Britain
  4. grand (standing in the second or more remote degree of parentage)
    isoisägrandfather
    isoäitigrandmother
  5. (typography) capital, uppercase, majuscule
    Antonym: pieni
    iso kirjaincapital letter

Declension

Noun

iso

  1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of isä (father).
  2. (nautical slang) main; ellipsis of isopurje (mainsail).

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • iso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • ois, soi

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese isso, from Latin ipsum, neuter of ipse. Compare Portuguese isso, Spanish eso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈisʊ]

Pronoun

iso

  1. (demonstrative) that (neuter singular of ese)

Related terms

  • aquilo
  • isto

See also

  • Appendix:Galician pronouns

References

  • “isso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “isso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “iso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “iso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “iso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese iso (ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ, animal intestine). Cognate of Tagalog isaw (intestine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪso]
  • Hyphenation: iso

Noun

iso (first-person possessive isoku, second-person possessive isomu, third-person possessive isonya)

  1. (cooking) animal intestine, beef by default.
    Hypernyms: dalaman, jeroan

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *iso. Cognates include Estonian isu and Veps izo.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈis̠o̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈiʒ̥o̞]
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Hyphenation: i‧so

Noun

iso

  1. desire
Declension
Synonyms
  • halu, himo, ohvotta

Etymology 2

From isä (father) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈis̠o̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈisoi̯/, [ˈiʒ̥o̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -iso, -isoi̯
  • Hyphenation: i‧so

Noun

iso

  1. (folk poetic) Synonym of isä
Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 96

Japanese

Romanization

iso

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いそ

Javanese

Romanization

iso

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bisa. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦱ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔiso/, [ˈʔi.so]
  • Hyphenation: i‧so

Noun

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

  1. mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈsoʔ/, [ʔɪˈsoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧so

Noun

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

  1. checking of the strength of a knot or tie (by shaking with one's hand)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish eso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈso/, [ʔɪˈso]
  • Hyphenation: i‧so

Noun

isó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

  1. evasiveness; simulating (used in paiso-iso)

Umbundu

Noun

iso (i-ova class, plural ovaso)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iso.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈiso]
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Hyphenation: i‧so

Noun

iso

  1. desire, want, need

Inflection

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “iso”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yosondúa Mixtec

Noun

iso

  1. rabbit

Derived terms

  • iso burru

References

  • Farris, Kathryn (compiler) (2002) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca[3], 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìjícò.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îːsó/

Noun

îsó class 5 (plural ámêhlo class 6)

  1. eye

Inflection

Related terms

  • ubuso

References

  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-iso”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN:-iso (2.3-5.4)

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