zo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zo"

English

Noun

zo (plural zos)

1. Alternative spelling of dzo.

Anagrams

• Oz, oz, oz.

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /dzɔ˧/
• (Lianghe) [tɕɑ³¹]
• (Longchuan) [tɕɔ³¹]
• (Luxi) [tsa⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [cɔ³¹]

Verb

zo

1. to eat

Derived terms

• zo puh
• zonoms

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 152

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zo]

Etymology

From *zᵃo < *zaᵒ < za, Gheg form of Standard zë.

Noun

zó m (plural zona, definite zoni, definite plural zonat)

1. northeastern Gheg form of zë (“voice”)

Declension

Declension of zo

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zo	zoni	zona	zonat
accusative		zonin
dative	zoni	zonit	zonave	zonave
ablative			zonash

Atayal

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 象 (zō).

Noun

zo

1. elephant

References

• Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages by the Government of Taiwan

Cimbrian

Etymology

Ultimately from both Proto-Germanic *ta and *tō. Cognate with German zu; see there for more.

Preposition

zo (Luserna)

1. to
2. regarding

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (archaic) zoo, so, soo

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sô, from Old Dutch sō, from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *swa and *swē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: zo
• Rhymes: -oː

Adverb

zo

1. so, thus, like that/this

   Is het zo goed, of wil je nog meer? ― Is it good like this, or do you want more?

2. so, that, to such an extent

   Het is hier zo koud dat ik sta te beven. ― It is so cold here that I'm standing here shaking.

   Echt? Zo koud is het niet, hoor. ― Really? It's not that cold.

3. (zo ... als) as .. as

   zo groot als een huis ― as big as a house

4. (stressed) right away, in a second/minute, very soon

   Ik zal je zo komen helpen, ik ben nu even bezig. ― I will come and help you in a second, I'm busy right now.

   Het komt er zo aan! ― Coming right up! [a meal etc.]

Derived terms

• hoezo
• ziezo
• zoal
• zoals
• zodanig
• zodat
• zodoende

Descendants

• Afrikaans: so
• Javindo: so
• Jersey Dutch: zô
• Negerhollands: soo, so, sa
• Petjo: so, soo, zo, zoo
• Skepi Creole Dutch: so

Conjunction

zo

1. (somewhat formal) if

   Zo mogelijk zou ik eerst nog even naar de WC willen. ― If possible, I'd like to go to the toilet first.

   Heeft u bezwaren? Zo ja, gelieve te verduidelijken. ― Do you have any objections? If so, please elaborate.

Derived terms

• zo niet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: so
• Negerhollands: soo, so

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /zo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: zo

Noun

zo (accusative singular zo-on, plural zo-oj, accusative plural zo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French os (“bones”). In French, the plural form os is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, os was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo/

• Audio:

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Noun

zo

1. bone
2. dice

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN

Italian

Noun

zo m (invariable)

1. misspelling of zoo

Japanese

Romanization

zo

1. The hiragana syllable ぞ (zo) or the katakana syllable ゾ (zo) in Hepburn romanization.