soy

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
2. Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.

Adj

Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc.

Verb

Synonym of soy out (“to act in the manner of a soy boy”).

Sinònims

soya

soybean

soya bean

soy sauce

soybean plant

soja

soja bean

Glycine max

soy-bean

spadework

elementary knowledge of

grounding in

first coat of plastering

symptoms

greater bean

soybean

aptitude

soya bean

bean

foundation

groundwork

inclination

pea

prearrangement

signs

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sɔɪ/

Etimologia (anglès)

Etymology tree
Chinese 醬油／酱油 (jiàngyóu)bor.
Japanese 醤油bor.
Dutch sojabor.
English soy
1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu). Doublet of shoyu.