iso

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/

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• Homophone: ISO

iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of isolation.
   1. Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
   2. (American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
      • 2007 January 5, Pete Thamel, quoting Greg Mattison, “Scoreboard Shows This Isn't the Same Old Ohio State”, in New York Times‎:

        “I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”

2. (category theory) Clipping of isomorphism.

• self-iso

• I/Os, ios, OSI, SIO, soi, OIs, OIS, SOI, iOS, IOs, Ios

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

iso

1. one

• The Brunei Museum Journal (1983), volume 5, issue 3, page 116

isä (“father”) +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈis̠o̞]

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• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification^(key): i‧so

iso (comparative isompi, superlative isoin)

1. big, large, great (of a great size)

   Synonyms: suuri; see also Thesaurus:iso

   Antonym: pieni

   isoympyrä ― great circle

2. big, grown-up

   Synonyms: varttunut, aikuinen, vanha

   Antonyms: pieni, nuori

   olet jo iso poika ― you're a big boy already

3. great (powerful; important; influential)

   Synonyms: suuri, mahtava

   Iso-Britannia ― Great Britain

4. grand (standing in the second or more remote degree of parentage)

   isoisä ― grandfather

   isoäiti ― grandmother

5. (typography) capital, uppercase, majuscule

   Antonym: pieni

   iso kirjain ― capital letter

iso

1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of isä (“father”).
2. (nautical slang) main; ellipsis of isopurje (“mainsail”).

• “iso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ois, soi

From Old Galician-Portuguese isso, from Latin ipsum, neuter of ipse. Compare Portuguese isso, Spanish eso.

• IPA^(key): [ˈisʊ]

iso

1. (demonstrative) that (neuter singular of ese)

• aquilo
• isto

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

• “isso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “isso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “iso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “iso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “iso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Javanese iso (ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ, “animal intestine”). Cognate of Tagalog isaw (“intestine”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪso]
• Hyphenation: iso

iso (first-person possessive isoku, second-person possessive isomu, third-person possessive isonya)

1. (cooking) animal intestine, beef by default.

   Hypernyms: dalaman, jeroan

From Proto-Finnic *iso. Cognates include Estonian isu and Veps izo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈis̠o̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈiʒ̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation: i‧so

iso

1. desire

• halu, himo, ohvotta

From isä (“father”) +‎ -o

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈis̠o̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈisoi̯/, [ˈiʒ̥o̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -iso, -isoi̯
• Hyphenation: i‧so

iso

1. (folk poetic) Synonym of isä

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 96

iso

1. Rōmaji transcription of いそ

iso

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ
2. Nonstandard spelling of bisa. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦱ

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiso/ [ˈʔi.so]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: i‧so

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

1. mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈsoʔ/ [ʔɪˈsoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: i‧so

iso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

1. checking of the strength of a knot or tie (by shaking with one's hand)

Borrowed from Spanish eso.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈso/ [ʔɪˈso]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: i‧so

isó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜓ)

1. evasiveness; simulating (used in paiso-iso)

iso (i-ova class, plural ovaso)

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Finnic *iso.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈiso/, [ˈiso]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation: i‧so

iso

1. desire, want, need

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “iso”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

iso

1. rabbit

• iso burru

• Farris, Kathryn (compiler) (2002) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca‎, 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005

From Proto-Bantu *ìjícò.

• IPA^(key): /îːsó/

îsó class 5 (plural ámêhlo class 6)

1. eye

• ubuso

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-iso”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-iso (2.3-5.4)”