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Yes. The word iso is a Scrabble US word. The word iso is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word iso is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

I1S1O1

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3-letter words (3 found)

IOS,ISO,OIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

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

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Definitions and meaning of iso

iso

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Isoko.

Symbol

iso

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Isoko terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪsoʊ/
  • 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

  • I/Os, ios, OSI, SIO, soi, OIs, OIS, SOI, iOS, IOs, Ios

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

From isä (“father”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

iso (comparative isompi, superlative isoin)

  1. big, large, great (of a great size)
    Synonyms: suuri; see also Thesaurus:iso
    Antonym: pieni
    isoympyrä ― great circle
  2. big, grown-up
    Synonyms: varttunut, aikuinen, vanha
    Antonyms: pieni, nuori
    olet jo iso poika ― you're a big boy already
  3. great (powerful; important; influential)
    Synonyms: suuri, mahtava
    Iso-Britannia ― Great Britain
  4. grand (standing in the second or more remote degree of parentage)
    isoisä ― grandfather
    isoäiti ― grandmother
  5. (typography) capital, uppercase, majuscule
    Antonym: pieni
    iso kirjain ― capital 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

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “isso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “isso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “iso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “iso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “iso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iso (plural iso-iso)

  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

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦶꦱ (bisa, “can, able”).

Verb

iso

  1. can, able

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔiso/ [ˈʔiː.so]
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: i‧so

Noun

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

  1. mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔiˈsoʔ/ [ʔɪˈsoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Syllabification: 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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔiˈso/ [ʔɪˈso]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: 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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