zo

zo (plural zos)

1. Alternative spelling of dzo

• Oz, oz, oz.

Borrowed from Japanese 象 (zō).

zo

1. elephant

• Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages by the Government of Taiwan

Ultimately from both Proto-Germanic *ta and *tō. Cognate with German zu; see there for more.

zo (Luserna)

1. to
2. regarding

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• zoo (archaic)

From Middle Dutch sô, from Old Dutch sō, from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *swa and *swē.

• IPA^(key): /zoː/

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• Hyphenation: zo
• Rhymes: -oː

zo

1. so, thus, like that/this

   Is het zo goed, of wil je nog meer?

   Is it good like this, or do you want more?

2. so, that, to such an extent

   Het is hier zo koud dat ik sta te beven.

   It is so cold here that I'm standing here shaking.

   Echt? Zo koud is het niet, hoor.

   Really? It's not that cold.

3. (zo ... als) as .. as

   zo groot als een huis

   as big as a house

4. (stressed) right away, in a second/minute, very soon

   Ik zal je zo komen helpen, ik ben nu even bezig.

   I will come and help you in a second, I'm busy right now.

   Het komt er zo aan!

   Coming right up! [a meal etc.]

• zoals
• zodanig
• zodoende

• Afrikaans: so
• Javindo: so
• Jersey Dutch: zô
• Negerhollands: soo, so, sa
• Petjo: so, soo, zo, zoo
• Skepi Creole Dutch: so

zo

1. (formal) if

   Heeft u bezwaren? Zo ja, gelieve te verduidelijken.

   Do you have any objections? If so, please elaborate.

• zo niet

• Afrikaans: so
• Negerhollands: soo, so

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• IPA^(key): [zo]
• Hyphenation: zo

zo (accusative singular zo-on, plural zo-oj, accusative plural zo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

From French os (“bones”). In French, the plural form os is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, os was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

zo

1. bone
2. dice

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

zo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぞ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゾ

• IPA^(key): /zo/

zo

1. Alternative form of vouzòt

• IPA^(key): /zō/

zo

1. to finish; to end

   Synonym: wòla

   Nuwan á zo kpáátá. ― The water has completely finished.

2. to complete; to accomplish

zo

1. to go

• z

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ/

zo

1. from

• Followed by the genitive case.
• The standard form is z. The zo form is used before words starting with the letters z, ž, s, š and certain consonant clusters.

• zo in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From English jaw.

zo

1. chin

-zo

1. Combining stem of zona.

• zoo, sae

From Middle English zo, from Old English swā, from Proto-West Germanic *swā.

zo

1. so

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 82

-zo

1. Combining stem of zona.