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Finnish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]soit
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]soit
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sĭt, third-person singular present subjunctive of sum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]soit
- third-person singular present subjunctive of être
- Elle travaille dur pour que son projet soit un succès. ― She works hard to make her project a success.
- (mathematics) let be
- Soit f une fonction linéaire.
- Let f be a linear function.
Usage notes
[edit]Used in the mathematical sense, this verb form is the first word of the phrase, preceding the subject in the word order.
Conjunction
[edit]soit
- or, meaning, that is to say
- 3 en janvier, 4 en février, 5 en mars ; soit un total de 12. ― 3 in January, 4 in February, 5 in March ; or a total of 12.
Conjunction
[edit]soit ... soit
- either ... or
- Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien.
- He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
- Je lui ai dit que j’aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue.
- I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies again, be that playing the piano or learning a language.
Interjection
[edit]soit
- OK; granted; so be it
- 1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:
- Philippe le Bel souleva légèrement la tête et dit :
« Mon frère, ce ne sont point des assemblées, mais des Templiers que, ce jour, nous nous occupons.
— Soit, dit Valois, occupons-nous des Templiers.- Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
“My brother, it is not with assemblies, but with Knights Templar, that we concern ourselves today.”
“So be it”, said Valois, “let us concern ourselves with Knights Templar.”
- Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
- 1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “soit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Verb
[edit]soit
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