soot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /suːt/
- /sʉt/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /sʊt/ increasingly more common in yod-dropping dialects to distinguish soot from suit
- /sʌt/ (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English soot, soote, sote, sot, from Old English sōt, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (“soot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with dated Dutch zoet (“soot”), German Low German Soot (“soot”), Danish sod (“soot”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sot (“soot”), Icelandic sót (“soot”). Compare similar ō-grade formation the same Proto-Indo-European root in Old Irish suide (“soot”) and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian súodžiai (“soot”), and Proto-Slavic *saďa (“soot”) (Russian са́жа (sáža), Polish and Slovak sadza, Bulgarian са́жда (sážda)).
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sooted · sootball · sooterkin · sooten · sootflake · soot wart · sootish · soot devil · sooty · besoot · sootproof · soot blower · sootlike · soot-oh · sootless · soot-proof · sootbag
Synonyms
Translations (143)
mk саѓа (fine black or dull brown particles) · az his (fine black or dull brown particles) · be са́жа (fine black or dull brown particles) · gl parruma (fine black or dull brown particles) · rup furidzinã (fine black or dull brown particles) · uk кі́поть (fine black or dull brown particles) · udm су (fine black or dull brown particles) · gl feluxe (fine black or dull brown particles) · gl sarrio (fine black or dull brown particles) · lv kvēpi (fine black or dull brown particles) · zlw-ocs sazě (fine black or dull brown particles) · ca estalzí (fine black or dull brown particles) · sjd коажь (fine black or dull brown particles) · hy մուր (fine black or dull brown particles) · nb sot (fine black or dull brown particles) · mr काजळी (fine black or dull brown particles) · mk гареж (fine black or dull brown particles) · udi моъгъ (fine black or dull brown particles) · ms sulang asap (fine black or dull brown particles) · ja 煤 (fine black or dull brown particles) · pl sadza (fine black or dull brown particles) · es negrumo (fine black or dull brown particles) · ba ҡором (fine black or dull brown particles) · ryu 煤 (fine black or dull brown particles) · sh ча̑ђ (fine black or dull brown particles) · pl kopeć (fine black or dull brown particles) · ms jelaga (fine black or dull brown particles) · tr is (fine black or dull brown particles) · nn sot (fine black or dull brown particles) · fy roet (fine black or dull brown particles) · bar Ruass (fine black or dull brown particles) · uk са́жа (fine black or dull brown particles) · cy huddygl (fine black or dull brown particles) · la favillula (fine black or dull brown particles) · lt súodžiai (fine black or dull brown particles) · yoi 煤 (fine black or dull brown particles) · se giehpa (fine black or dull brown particles) · ms arang pagu (fine black or dull brown particles) · cs saze (fine black or dull brown particles) · sv sot (fine black or dull brown particles) · ota ایس (fine black or dull brown particles) · sh čađa (fine black or dull brown particles) · mi ahowhare (fine black or dull brown particles) · ka მური (fine black or dull brown particles) · be ко́паць (fine black or dull brown particles) · fi noki (fine black or dull brown particles) · vo sut (fine black or dull brown particles) · mn хөө тортог (fine black or dull brown particles) · cy tropas (fine black or dull brown particles) · an follín (fine black or dull brown particles) · tt корым (fine black or dull brown particles) · cmn 油煙 /油烟 (fine black or dull brown particles) · vec całùzxene (fine black or dull brown particles) · hu korom (fine black or dull brown particles) · alt курун (fine black or dull brown particles) · ale dix̂ (fine black or dull brown particles) · grc αἴθαλος (fine black or dull brown particles) · ca sutge (fine black or dull brown particles) · de Russ (fine black or dull brown particles) · ms arang para-para (fine black or dull brown particles) · es tizne (fine black or dull brown particles) · kmr tenî (fine black or dull brown particles) · sw masizi (fine black or dull brown particles) · fy ruot (fine black or dull brown particles) · sk sadza (fine black or dull brown particles) · it fuliggine (fine black or dull brown particles) · ko 그을음 (fine black or dull brown particles) · gv sooie (fine black or dull brown particles) · nl rookzwart (fine black or dull brown particles) · it caligine (fine black or dull brown particles) · vi nhọ (fine black or dull brown particles) · et tahm (fine black or dull brown particles) · ltg kvāps (fine black or dull brown particles) · neg нуксэ (fine black or dull brown particles) · bcl ariw (fine black or dull brown particles) · ny mwaye (fine black or dull brown particles) · ug قۇرۇم (fine black or dull brown particles) · ru са́жа (fine black or dull brown particles) · ms sulang (fine black or dull brown particles) · eo fulgo (fine black or dull brown particles) · ota قوروم (fine black or dull brown particles) · mi kūkāwhare (fine black or dull brown particles) · he פִּיחַ (fine black or dull brown particles) · fo sót (fine black or dull brown particles) · oc suèja (fine black or dull brown particles) · el αιθάλη (fine black or dull brown particles) · gd sùith (fine black or dull brown particles) · pdt Room (fine black or dull brown particles) · nl roet (fine black or dull brown particles) · lv sodrēji (fine black or dull brown particles) · bg са́жди (fine black or dull brown particles) · uz qurum (fine black or dull brown particles) · sq blozë (fine black or dull brown particles) · gsw Ruus (fine black or dull brown particles) · de Ruß (fine black or dull brown particles) · sl saje (fine black or dull brown particles) · mk саѓи (fine black or dull brown particles) · mi awe (fine black or dull brown particles) · ro funingine (fine black or dull brown particles) · zdj misizi (fine black or dull brown particles) · my ကျပ်ခိုး (fine black or dull brown particles) · tr kurum (fine black or dull brown particles) · es tile (fine black or dull brown particles) · th เขม่า (fine black or dull brown particles) · enm soot (fine black or dull brown particles) · ka ჭვარტლი (fine black or dull brown particles) · koi са (fine black or dull brown particles) · nl zoet (fine black or dull brown particles) · fur frusìn (fine black or dull brown particles) · ca sutja (fine black or dull brown particles) · lzz წოლა (fine black or dull brown particles) · et nõgi (fine black or dull brown particles) · kk құрым (fine black or dull brown particles) · ru ко́поть (fine black or dull brown particles) · be ку́рава (fine black or dull brown particles) · az qurum (fine black or dull brown particles) · vi nghẹ (fine black or dull brown particles) · da sod (fine black or dull brown particles) · ga súiche (fine black or dull brown particles) · dsb caze (fine black or dull brown particles) · tl uling-aso (fine black or dull brown particles) · cv хӑрӑм (fine black or dull brown particles) · iba arok (fine black or dull brown particles) · ang sōt (fine black or dull brown particles) · sah курунньук (fine black or dull brown particles) · eu kedar (fine black or dull brown particles) · cy parddu (fine black or dull brown particles) · grc ψόλος (fine black or dull brown particles) · uk кі́птява (fine black or dull brown particles) · taa t'asr thoya' (fine black or dull brown particles) · mel punyuong (fine black or dull brown particles) · ar سُخَام (fine black or dull brown particles) · es hollín (fine black or dull brown particles) · rup fulidzini (fine black or dull brown particles) · kk күйе (fine black or dull brown particles) · mel arouk (fine black or dull brown particles) · vi muội (fine black or dull brown particles) · vi lọ (fine black or dull brown particles) · fo ím (fine black or dull brown particles) · pt fuligem (fine black or dull brown particles) · grc ἄσβολος (fine black or dull brown particles) · fr suie (fine black or dull brown particles) · la fūlīgō (fine black or dull brown particles)