soft

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Synoniemen

not hard

become soft

be tender

very soft

easily hurt

full-flavoured

gentle wind

spruce gum

adj i & 3 damp

be exquisite

warm and fluffy

be easy

cushioney

pleasing to the ear

be fragile

light complexion

not firm

not loud

not compact

designating a kind of gold

make soft

low-toned

off-and-on

non-spirituous

soft-skinned

soft tone

shaky be

spongy ground

uncrisp

Frequentie

B1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/sɒft/
Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”), from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (“level, even, smooth, soft, gentle”) (compare *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *semptio-, *semtio-, from *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with West Frisian sêft (“gentle; soft”), Dutch zacht (“soft”), German Low German sacht (“soft”), German sanft (“soft, yielding”), Old Norse sœmr (“agreeable, fitting”), samr (“same”). More at seem, same.

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