savon

soap

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.vɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: savon

Inherited from Old French: savon

Inherited from Latin: sāpō

Cognate with Old English: sāpe

In summary

Inherited from Middle French savon, from Old French savon (“soap”), from Latin sāpōnem (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, strain, trickle”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap”). More at soap.

Concepts

soap

🧼

soap bar

cake of soap

bar of soap

soaps

soup

🍲

carbolic soap

grievous bodily harm

Georgia home boy

easy lay

liquid ecstasy

animal fats

compo rations

goop

lather

max

scoop

Synonyms

savonner

🧼

savonnette

pain de savon

savonette

max

Translations

Seife

🧼

jabón

🧼

sapone

🧼

sabão

🧼

mydło

zeep

🧼

sabun

🧼

sabó

🧼

σαπούνι

sapo

sabon

صابون

🧼

sabûn

صابُون

sabonete