iso

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/

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• Homophone: ISO

iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of isolation.
   1. Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
   2. (American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
      • 2007 January 5, Pete Thamel, quoting Greg Mattison, “Scoreboard Shows This Isn't the Same Old Ohio State”, in New York Times‎:

        “I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”

2. (category theory) Clipping of isomorphism.

• self-iso

• I/Os, ios, OSI, SIO, soi, OIs, OIS, SOI, iOS, IOs, Ios

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

iso

1. one

• The Brunei Museum Journal (1983), volume 5, issue 3, page 116

isä (“father”) +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): /ˈiso/,

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• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation^(key): iso

iso (comparative isompi, superlative isoin)

1. big, large, great (of a great size)

   Synonyms: suuri; see also Thesaurus:iso

   Antonym: pieni

   isoympyrä ― great circle

2. big, grown-up

   Synonyms: varttunut, aikuinen, vanha

   Antonyms: pieni, nuori

   olet jo iso poika ― you're a big boy already

3. great (powerful; important; influential)

   Synonyms: suuri, mahtava

   Iso-Britannia ― Great Britain

4. grand (standing in the second or more remote degree of parentage)

   isoisä ― grandfather

   isoäiti ― grandmother

5. (typography) capital, uppercase, majuscule

   Antonym: pieni

   iso kirjain ― capital letter

iso

1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of isä (“father”).
2. (nautical slang) main; ellipsis of isopurje (“mainsail”).

• “iso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ois, soi

From Old Galician-Portuguese isso, from Latin ipsum, neuter of ipse. Compare Portuguese isso, Spanish eso.

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iso

1. (demonstrative) that (neuter singular of ese)

• aquilo
• isto

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “isso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “isso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “iso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “iso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “iso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Javanese iso (ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ, “animal intestine”). Cognate of Tagalog isaw (“intestine”).

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• Hyphenation: iso

iso

1. (cooking) animal intestine, beef by default.

   Hypernyms: dalaman, jeroan

From Proto-Finnic *iso. Cognates include Estonian isu and Veps izo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/,
• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation: i‧so

iso

1. desire

• halu, himo, ohvotta

From isä (“father”) +‎ -o

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈisoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -iso, -isoi̯
• Hyphenation: i‧so

iso

1. (folk poetic) Synonym of isä

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 96

iso

1. Rōmaji transcription of いそ

iso

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ
2. Nonstandard spelling of bisa. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦱ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦶꦱ (bisa, “can, able”).

iso

1. can, able

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiso/
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: i‧so

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

1. mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈsoʔ/
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: i‧so

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

1. checking of the strength of a knot or tie (by shaking with one's hand)

Borrowed from Spanish eso.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈso/
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: i‧so

isó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

1. evasiveness; simulating (used in paiso-iso)

iso (i-ova class, plural ovaso)

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Finnic *iso.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/,
• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation: i‧so

iso

1. desire, want, need

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “iso”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

iso

1. rabbit

• iso burru

• Farris, Kathryn (compiler) (2002) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca‎, 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005

From Proto-Bantu *ìjícò.

• IPA^(key): /îːsó/

îsó class 5 (plural ámêhlo class 6)

1. eye

• ubuso

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-iso”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-iso (2.3-5.4)”