soy

CEFRA2

/sɔɪ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A plant whose beans are used in many foods.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc.

Examples

  • Is there any nutritional difference between soy and regular milk?

  • The company produces soy sauce and other food products.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.

  2. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Synonym of soy out (“to act in the manner of a soy boy”).

More examples

In context

  • I like a little soy with my rice.

  • The soy crop is looking good this year.

  • These candles are made from soy.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).