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soy¹
- /sɔɪ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
noun soys · soya
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A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
I like a little soy with my rice.
Similar: soy sauce
- Soybeans, or the protein derived from them. These candles are made from soy.
adjective more soy · soyer · most soy · soyest
- Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc. This whole drama is the soyest thing I've ever seen.
verb soys · soying · soyed
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Synonym of soy out (“to act in the manner of a soy boy”).
Soying over a video game.
Similar: soy out
soy²
- /sɔɪ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French soie (“silk”), soye, from Middle French soye, from Old French soie, earlier seie, from Latin sēta, saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Doublet of seta.
noun
- Silk. GILDEROY was a bonnie boy, / Had roſes tull his ſhoone, / His ſtockings were of ſilken ſoy, / Wi' garters hanging doune: […]
Soy³
Where it comes from
Various origins:
* Borrowed from Khmer សយ (sɑɑy, “mane”), probably a nickname.
* Probably a clipping of Soya, a surname of Kashmiri origin.
* Borrowed from Turkish Soy, a nickname from soy (“ancestry, lineage, descent”).
proper noun Soys
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: soya, soyabean, soya bean, soybean, soja, glycine max, soja bean, soybean plant, sauce, canola, bean, beans, sorry, mull, yo, soybeans
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title = {soy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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