soft sign
/ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/US/ˌsɔftˈsaɪn/
soft sign noun: the Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant.
Noun
soft sign (plural soft signs)
Synonyms of soft sign
- front jer
- front yer
Antonyms
Forms of soft sign
| plural | soft signs |
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Origin of soft sign
Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak), from мя́гкий (mjáxkij, “palatal, palatized, soft”) + знак (znak, “mark, sign”).
Words that rhyme with soft sign
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about soft sign
- What does soft sign mean?
- Soft sign means the Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant.
- What part of speech is soft sign?
- Soft sign is a noun.
- How do you pronounce soft sign?
- Soft sign is pronounced /ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of soft sign?
- The plural of soft sign is soft signs.
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