sos

sos

1. plural of so

• SoS

• IPA^(key): /sɒs/

sos

2. (Internet slang, humorous, nonce word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

   Synonyms: joj, sus

   • 2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr‎^[3]:

     she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL

   • 2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr‎^[4]:

     Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.

   • 2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr‎^[5]:

     #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos

   • 2025 January 31, Joseph Rothschild, “A THOUSAND DIFFERENT PATHS TO MID - Dueltaining”, in YouTube‎^[6]:

     Whoa! What is Flelf [Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card] doing on the field? You know this is actually a retrain? The original card is called Sos.

• 'oss, OSS, OSs, SSO, oss

From Ancient Greek ἐσώσα (esṓsa), aorist of Ancient Greek σῶς (sôs).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /sɔs/ (Standard)
• Rhymes: -ɔs

sos (aorist sosa, participle sosur) (colloquial)

1. (transitive) to finish off, to end

   Synonyms: mbaroj, përfundoj

2. (figurative, transitive) to accomplish, to succeed

   Synonyms: përmbush, plotësoj

3. (transitive, third person) to suffice, to be enough
4. (intransitive, southern Gheg, Tosk, Elbasan) to arrive somewhere

   Synonym: arrij

5. (obsolete) save
6. kill
7. exhaust

sos

1. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) indeed, really, in fact

   Synonyms: se mos, nuk

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[7], 1980
• “sos”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “sos”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 456

From Proto-Nuristani *swasā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/

sos (Sanu)^[1]

1. sister

sos m

1. friend/mate/pal

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

sos c

1. indefinite genitive singular of so

• IPA^(key): /sɔs/

Shortening of socialist.

sos m (plural sossen, diminutive sosje n, feminine sosse)

1. (derogatory, Belgium) socialist

   Synonym: socialist

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sos m (uncountable)

1. (slang, Netherlands) synonym of cocaïne

sos

1. masculine plural of son

• sodes

From Old Galician-Portuguese sodes.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔs]

sos

1. (dated) second-person plural present indicative of ser; you are
   • 1446, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 179:

     a vos Loys Gonçales das Tendas, Vasco Gomes, Afonso Yañes da Lagea, Martín do Cabo, Gomes Peres, Aluaro Afonso da Fonteyña, regidores da dita çibdad, que soos presentes

     to you, Lois González das Tendas, Vasco Gómez, Afonso Yanes da Laxe, Martín do Cabo, Gómez Pérez, Álvaro Afonso da Fonteíña, aldermen of said city, who are present

   • 1894, Galo Salinas, A mitra de ferro ardente, page 31:

     Lembranzas que da mente sos delicia

     [You] Memories, that are delight of the mind

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “soos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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), “sos”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Irish soss. Maybe from Proto-Celtic *sodstos, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /sˠɔsˠ/

sos m (genitive singular sosa, nominative plural sosanna)

1. rest, pause, break

   Synonym: briseadh

   sos a ghlacadh; sos a thógáil ― to take a break

2. (dated) shift (of workers), supply (of goods), installment (of rent)

   D'ith sé sos maith. ― He ate a good fill.^[2]

• sosadh (“resting-place”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1090; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• “sos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

sos

1. second-person singular present indicative of ser

sos

1. second-person singular present indicative of sere

• saus (Indonesia)
• saos (Indonesia)

Borrowed from Dutch saus, from Middle Dutch sause, from Old French sauce, from Latin salsus (“salt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/ [ˈsos]

sos (Jawi spelling سوس, plural sos-sos)

1. sauce ^[1]

• “sos” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from French sauce. Doublet of salsa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: sos

sos m inan (diminutive sosik)

1. sauce (liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food)

• sos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French sauce.

• IPA^(key): /sos/
• Rhymes: -os

sos n (plural sosuri)

1. sauce
2. gravy

• îngroșăluță
• rântaș
• mărtaș

• “sos”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From Latin ipsōs, accusative plural of ipse (“himself”).

• IPA^(key): /sos/

sos m pl (feminine sas)

1. (Logudorese, Nuorese) plural of su: the (masculine plural definite article)

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “ísse”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

sos

1. one

• sos-haruwen

• Charles Wellington Furlong, The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego, in the Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists (December 1915)
• Los Selk'nam: la vida de los Onas en Tierra del Fuego (2007)

Borrowed from French sauce, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, from Latin salsus.

• IPA^(key): /sôːs/

sȏs m inan (Cyrillic spelling со̑с)

1. sauce

   Synonym: ȕmāk

• “sos”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/ [ˈsos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: sos

sos

1. second-person singular voseo present indicative of ser

sos

1. indefinite genitive singular of so

• oss

From English sauce.

sos

1. sauce; gravy

Borrowed from French sauce.

• IPA^(key): /sos/
• Hyphenation: sos

sos (definite accusative sosu, plural soslar)

1. sauce

From Proto-Nuristani *swasā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsos/

sos (Ameshdesh, Nisheigram, Waigal)^[1]

1. sister

• saws, sôs

From Middle English sauce, from Old French sauce.

• IPA^(key): /soːs/

sos m (plural sosys, not mutable)

1. (colloquial) sauce

• sos brown (“brown sauce”)
• sos coch (“tomato sauce, ketchup”)

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

sos

1. sauce