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

All 3 letters words made out of sho

sho hso soh osh hos ohs

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Definitions and meaning of sho

sho

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃoʊ/
• Homophone: show
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Adverb

sho (not comparable)

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sure.
2. (childish) Pronunciation spelling of so.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.

Translations

Etymology 3

Of modern scholarly coinage.

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• HOS, Hos., OHS, OHs, Osh, Soh, hos, ohs, osh, soh

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sho, used to illustrate Bactrian ϸ (š). Also compare the archaic Greek character Ϻ (Ś).

Noun

sho m or f (invariable)

1. sho (Greek letter)

Japanese

Romanization

sho

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ショ

Lashi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕo˧/

Adjective

sho

1. shy

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕoː˧/

Noun

sho

1. hundred

Usage notes

• The term sho has to be preceded by another cardinal number in order to be used as a numeral. Note that the term for "hundred" is written as one word:

  dasho (“(a) hundred”)

  qøk sho (“two hundred”)

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French chaud (“hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo/
• Rhymes: -o

Adjective

sho

1. hot

References

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
• Thomas A. Klingler, If I Could Turn My Tongue Like that: The Creole of Pointe Coupee Parish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sho

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sche

Etymology 2

Noun

sho (plural shos or shon)

1. Alternative form of scho (“shoe”)

Etymology 3

Verb

sho

1. Alternative form of schon (“to shoe”)

Navajo

Noun

sho

1. frost

Alternative forms

• shoh

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃo/ [ˈʃo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sho

Interjection

¡sho!

1. (Guatemala, colloquial) shush!, hush!
2. (Guatemala, colloquial) wow!, whoa!

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• shoo

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćao.

Interjection

sho

1. (slang) hi

Usage notes

• Often in "Sho bre!" (Hi, bro!).
• Usually pronounced identically to the native greeting tjo.

See also

• bre
• hej (has a list of greetings and farewells)

References

• Slangopedia

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. (intransitive) to say
2. (intransitive) to mean

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• -sholo (applicative)
• -shiso (causative)
• -shoyisho (diminutive)
• -shisiso (intensive)
• -shoko (neuter-passive)
• -shiwo (passive)
• -shono (reciprocal)

References

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

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