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soap
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /so?p/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p/
- Rhymes: -??p
Etymology 1
From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English s?pe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saip?, from Proto-Germanic *saip?, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”). Related also to Old English s?p (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin s?bum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin s?p? (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.
Noun
soap (countable and uncountable, plural soaps)
- (countable, uncountable) A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar (bar soap) or in liquid form (liquid soap), derived from fats or made synthetically.
- (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid
- Flattery or excessively complacent conversation.
- (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- (countable, informal) A soap opera.
- (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
Alternative forms
- sope (obsolete)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- body wash
- shampoo
- shower gel
- wash-ball
References
- The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries
- Soaping Masonry
Verb
soap (third-person singular simple present soaps, present participle soaping, simple past and past participle soaped)
- (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
- (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.
- (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
- (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.
Synonyms
- (to be discreet about): soft soap, sugar soap, soft-pedal, downplay
Translations
Related terms
- soaper
- saponification
See also
- soap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Noun
soap (uncountable)
- (slang) sodium pentothal
- 2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years
- 'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.
- 2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years
Anagrams
- AOPs, AOSP, OAPs, OSAP, PAOs, Paos, Paso, SOPA, Sapo, poas, sapo-
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English soap. Doublet of zeep.
Pronunciation
Noun
soap f (plural soaps, diminutive soapje n)
- soap opera, soap
Anagrams
- opa's
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English soap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sop/
Noun
soap m (plural soaps)
- soap opera, soap
Anagrams
- posa
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soam
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from a variant of seam.
Noun
soam (plural soams)
- A chain by which a leading horse draws a plough.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (mining) A short rope used to pull the tram in a coal-mine.
- A horse-lead.
Anagrams
- -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, SoMa, Soma, maos, moas, omas, soma
Portuguese
Verb
soam
- Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês?) present indicative of soar
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