different between sjoe vs sloe

English

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /?u?/

Interjection

sjoe

1. (South Africa) whew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.
   • 2005, Alan Brand, Positively Alive (page 25)

     We open the front door after switching off the alarms and unlocking the security gates and sigh with relief, "Sjoe, it's still all here!", relieved to find that we have not become a crime statistic, another victim.

   • 2007, Heinrich Troost, Plot Loss (page 14)

     'Sjoe, it's coming down hard, eh? It's fantastic,' she shouts and discharges an exuberant giggle. They run along the side of the house onto a big covered veranda, an entertainment area from where they can see the rain sifting down in sheets […]

   • 2011, Beverley Naidoo, Aesop's Fables (page 20)

     Sjoe, it was still alive! As the young man turned to pick up his stick to beat it, the snake spat its poison into the man's water gourd before slithering away.

Anagrams

• JeOS, Joe's, Joes, Jose, joes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French chou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u/
• Hyphenation: sjoe
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

sjoe m (plural sjoes, diminutive sjoeke n)

1. (Belgium) darling (also as form of address)

Synonyms

• schat

References

• [1]

English

Etymology

From Middle English slo, sla, slagh, from Old English sl?h, from Proto-Germanic *slaih?, *slaihw?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sl??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?slo?/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: slow

Noun

sloe (plural sloes)

1. The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
   • 1796, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life, by Erasmus Darwin, part II.I.I.III

     There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...

   • 1872, The Snow Queen by H. C. Andersen, translation by Paull:

     The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
2. The tree Prunus spinosa.
3. Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

Derived terms

• sloe gin
• sloe-eyed

Translations

Anagrams

• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, Lose, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, lose, selo, sole

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (verb): sloa (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse slóði m.

Noun

sloe m (definite singular sloen, indefinite plural sloar, definite plural sloane)

1. a bunch of branches or small trees that one drags after one self (to haul hey, sweep away snow, or used as a break)
2. a lazy person, a good-for-nothing, a n'er-do-well

Verb

sloe (present tense sloar, past tense sloa, past participle sloa, passive infinitive sloast, present participle sloande, imperative slo)

1. (transitive) to drag
2. (intransitive) to be lazy

References

• “sloe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lose, sole