soon

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

bientôt

🔜

prochainement

🔜

sous peu

🔜

tôt

tout à l’heure

vite

tout de suite

d’ici peu

incessamment

rapidement

sitôt

à présent

aussitôt que

avant longtemps

contiguïté

en ce moment

n’importe quand

pian

proximité

un jour prochain

les jours qui viennent

en un instant

d'ici peu

🔜

actuellement

nopeasti

aussitôt

de bonne heure

dès

dès que

doucement

en un clin d’œil

immédiatement

lentement

maintenant

Synonymes

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

Traductions

pronto

bald

🔜

presto

spoedig

gauw

weldra

🔜

cedo

demnächst

🔜

binnenkort

🔜

mox

🔜

logo

🔜

dra

🔜

prossimamente

🔜

nächstens

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/suːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sone

Hérité de ancien anglais: sōna

Appartenant à écossais: sone

Appartenant à frison septentrional: san

Appartenant à néerlandais: zaan

Appartenant à Middle Low German: sân

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: sān

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: sār

Appartenant à gotique: 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”).

Phrases

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

Dès qu'il m'a vu parmi la foule, il m'a appelé à descendre.

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.

I know it's soon to talk about it .

The township was established soon after .

Le canton a été créé peu de temps après.

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

L'opposition au régime fasciste a rapidement mûri dans l'environnement Turin.