iso

See also: īso, ISO, and iso-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/

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Noun

iso (plural isos)

1. (American football, basketball) Clipping of isolation. 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^[1]:

     “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.

Anagrams

• Ios, OIs, OSI, SOI, iOS, ios, soi

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Central Dusun

Numeral

iso

1. one

References

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

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Derived from isä (“father”).

Adjective

iso (comparative isompi, superlative isoin)

1. big
2. large
3. great

   Iso-Britannia ― Great Britain

   isoympyrä ― great circle

4. (in some compounds) grand

   isoisä ― grandfather

   isoäiti ― grandmother

Declension

Inflection of iso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		iso	isot
genitive		ison	isojen
partitive		isoa	isoja
illative		isoon	isoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		iso	isot
accusative	nom.	iso	isot
	gen.	ison
genitive		ison	isojen
partitive		isoa	isoja
inessive		isossa	isoissa
elative		isosta	isoista
illative		isoon	isoihin
adessive		isolla	isoilla
ablative		isolta	isoilta
allative		isolle	isoille
essive		isona	isoina
translative		isoksi	isoiksi
instructive		—	isoin
abessive		isotta	isoitta
comitative		—	isoine

Synonyms

• laaja
• mahtava
• muhkea
• suuri

Antonyms

• pieni

Compounds

compounds

• isoakseli
• isohirvenjäkälä
• isoisä
• isojako
• isokasvuinen
• isokenkäinen
• isokokoinen
• isokoskelo
• isokukkainen
• isokulle
• isokuovi
• isokuvioinen
• isokäpylintu
• isolokki
• isomaksaruoho
• isomasto
• isopanda
• isopappa
• isopistooli

• isoprammi
• isopurje
• isoraaka
• isoreikäinen
• isorikas
• isorokko
• isorumpu
• isorutto
• isoruutuinen
• isorysä
• isosetä
• isosiipinen
• isosilmäinen
• isosisar
• isosisko
• isosuinen
• isosuu
• isotanko

• isotikka
• isotrappi
• isotäti
• isovaari
• isovanhemmat
• isovarpuinen
• isovarvas
• isovasara
• isovatsainen
• isoveli
• isovene
• isoviha
• isoviisari
• isoviisas
• isoympyrä
• isoyrtti
• isoäiti
• isoääninen

Noun

iso

1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of isä (“father”).

Declension

Inflection of iso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		iso	isot
genitive		ison	isojen
partitive		isoa	isoja
illative		isoon	isoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		iso	isot
accusative	nom.	iso	isot
	gen.	ison
genitive		ison	isojen
partitive		isoa	isoja
inessive		isossa	isoissa
elative		isosta	isoista
illative		isoon	isoihin
adessive		isolla	isoilla
ablative		isolta	isoilta
allative		isolle	isoille
essive		isona	isoina
translative		isoksi	isoiksi
instructive		—	isoin
abessive		isotta	isoitta
comitative		—	isoineen

Etymology 2

Shortened from isopurje (“mainsail”).

Noun

iso

1. (nautical) main (mainsail)

Declension

Inflection of iso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		iso	isot
genitive		ison	isojen
partitive		isoa	isoja
illative		isoon	isoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		iso	isot
accusative	nom.	iso	isot
	gen.	ison
genitive		ison	isojen
partitive		isoa	isoja
inessive		isossa	isoissa
elative		isosta	isoista
illative		isoon	isoihin
adessive		isolla	isoilla
ablative		isolta	isoilta
allative		isolle	isoille
essive		isona	isoina
translative		isoksi	isoiksi
instructive		—	isoin
abessive		isotta	isoitta
comitative		—	isoineen

Synonyms

• isopurje

Compounds

• myrskyiso

Anagrams

• ois, soi

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ipsum, neuter of ipse. Compare Portuguese isso, Spanish eso.

Pronoun

iso

1. neuter singular of ese

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Javanese

Verb

iso

1. Nonstandard spelling of bisa.

Noun

iso

1. food made of animal intestine

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Umbundu

Noun

iso (i-ova class, plural ovaso)

1. (anatomy) eye

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Yosondúa Mixtec

Noun

iso

1. rabbit

Derived terms

• iso burru

References

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

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *ílihló, from Proto-Bantu *ìjícò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːsó/

Noun

îsó class 5 (plural ámêhlo class 6)

1. eye

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	iso	amehlo
Locative	esweni	emehlweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	iso		amehlo
Simple form	liso		mehlo
Locative	esweni		emehlweni
Copulative	yiso		ngamehlo
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	weso	oweso	wamehlo	owamehlo
Class 2	beso	abeso	bamehlo	abamehlo
Class 3	weso	oweso	wamehlo	owamehlo
Class 4	yeso	eyeso	yamehlo	eyamehlo
Class 5	leso	eleso	lamehlo	elamehlo
Class 6	eso	aweso	amehlo	awamehlo
Class 7	seso	eseso	samehlo	esamehlo
Class 8	zeso	ezeso	zamehlo	ezamehlo
Class 9	yeso	eyeso	yamehlo	eyamehlo
Class 10	zeso	ezeso	zamehlo	ezamehlo
Class 11	lweso	olweso	lwamehlo	olwamehlo
Class 14	beso	obeso	bamehlo	obamehlo
Class 15	kweso	okweso	kwamehlo	okwamehlo
Class 17	kweso	okweso	kwamehlo	okwamehlo

Related terms

• ubuso

References

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