soon

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. (US, dialectal) Early.
3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
2. Within a short time; quickly.
3. (dialectal) Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Conceptes

aviat

🔜

actualment

prompte

pronte

en breu

🔜

d’aquí a poc

Sinònims

quickly

shortly

immediately

before long

early

presently

at once

directly

not long

now

in a while

in the near future

speedily

immediate

almost

instantly

later

fast

will

nearly

later on

erelong

near

quick

soon after

recently

short time

prompt

anon

in a moment

in a little while

by-and-by

momentarily

swiftly

short while

apace

slowly

steadily

quietly

late

rapidly

straight away

just

presto

in due course

in a short time

at length

promptly

impending

at any time

Traduccions

bientôt

🔜

pronto

bald

🔜

presto

spoedig

demnächst

🔜

gauw

weldra

🔜

cedo

logo

🔜

mox

🔜

binnenkort

🔜

prochainement

🔜

sous peu

🔜

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/suːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sone

Heretat de anglès antic: sōna

Cognat amb escocès: sone

Cognat amb frisó septentrional: san

Cognat amb neerlandès: zaan

Cognat amb Middle Low German: sân

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: sān

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: sār

Cognat amb gòtic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃

In summary

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”).

Frases

As soon as he saw me among the crowd , he called to me to come down .

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

I know it's soon to talk about it .

The township was established soon after .

Opposition to the fascist regime soon matured in the Turin environment .