soon

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͞on, IPA(key): /suːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /sun/ Rhymes: -uːn === Adjective === soon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest) Short in length of time from the present. (US, dialect) Early. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'. === Adverb === soon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest) (obsolete) Immediately, instantly. Within a short time; quickly. (now dialectal) Early. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === “soon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “soon”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === noos, noso-, onos, oons, sono- == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === sogn (Sappada, Sauris) === Etymology === From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Compare Low German seggen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Danish sige, Swedish säga. === Verb === soon (Timau) to say === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *suɨɣn, from Latin signum. Cognate with Welsh swyn. === Noun === soon m (plural sonyow) charm, spell, enchantment, incantation glamour ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “soon” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *sooni, from Proto-Uralic *sëne. Cognates include Finnish suoni, Northern Mansi та̄н (tān) and Hungarian ín (“sinew”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === soon (genitive soone, partitive soont) vein, blood vessel ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “soon”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “soon”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN soon in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == Wolof == === Etymology === From French jaune. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɔːn/ === Verb === soon to be yellow == Yola == === Adverb === soon alternative form of zoon === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86