English Explanatory Dictionary

soe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
conj
  1. Obsolete form of so.
noun
  1. Initialism of state-owned enterprise.
name
  1. Initialism of Special Operations Executive.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.

Pronunciation

/səʊ/

Word forms

soe soes

Etymology

From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc. s.sá), both from Proto-Germanic *saihaz (“bucket, vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (“to reach, grasp”). Cognate with Swedish så (“large wooden water vessel”).

Related words

crown corporation
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