soon

Signification

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. 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. Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/suːn/

Étymologie

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”).

Phrases

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Les heures agréables volent beaucoup trop tôt.

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

Mann a rapidement trouvé du travail en tant qu'apprenti en ingénierie.

He died soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship .

Il est décédé peu de temps après sa démission de la professeure de Bussey.

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .

Les poètes au coin du feu ont rapidement été considérés comme démodés.

Settlers soon began arriving , building homesteads , barns , businesses , and ranches .

Les colons ont rapidement commencé à arriver, à construire des propriétés familiales, des granges, des entreprises et des ranchs.