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soft sign

Meaning of "soft sign" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT SIGN

sɒft saɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT SIGN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Soft sign is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOFT SIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Soft sign

The soft sign, also known as yer, is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Old Church Slavonic, it represented a short front vowel. As with its companion, the back yer ‹ъ›, the vowel phoneme it designated was later partly dropped and partly merged with other vowels. In the modern Slavic Cyrillic writing systems, it does not represent an individual sound, but rather indicates palatalization of the preceding consonant. ‹Ь› was also used in the Soviet Union in the Latinized Karelian alphabet made official in 1931 and used until re-Cyrillicization of Karelian in 1937.

Definition of soft sign in the English dictionary

The definition of soft sign in the dictionary is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, also known as the front yer, that indicates softening of the preceding consonant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOFT SIGN

arcsin · assign · consign · cosign · cosine · countersign · ensign · inosine · internecine · piscine · porcine · re-sign · rusine · sign · sine · syn · thylacine · ursine

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT SIGN

soft pencil · soft porn · soft power · soft release · soft roe · soft rot · soft sawder · soft science · soft sell · soft shoulder · soft skills · soft soap · soft solder · soft spot · soft steel · soft target · soft tick · soft tissue · soft top · soft touch

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT SIGN

air sign · birth sign · call sign · design · dollar sign · earth sign · equal sign · equals sign · Indian sign · minus sign · negative sign · neon sign · peace sign · plus sign · pound sign · road sign · star sign · stop sign · sun sign · traffic sign · warning sign

Synonyms and antonyms of soft sign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soft sign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT SIGN

Find out the translation of soft sign to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of soft sign from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft sign» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

软迹象
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

signo suave
570 millions of speakers
en

English

soft sign
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम साइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علامة لينة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

мягкий знак
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sinal suave
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নরম সাইন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

signe doux
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tanda lembut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

weichen Zeichen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ソフト兆候
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

소프트 기호
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tandha alus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu hiệu mềm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான அடையாளம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सॉफ्ट साइन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak işaret
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

segno morbido
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

miękki znak
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´який знак
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

semn moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακό σημάδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte teken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjuk tecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myk tegn
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT SIGN»

Discover the use of soft sign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft sign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Special Education
To be considered a soft sign, Shaffer et al. (1983) state there should be no association between the observed behavior and a positive history of neurologic disease or trauma. Furthermore, clusters of neurological soft signs should not be  ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2007
2
Singing in Russian: A Guide to Language and Performance
Similar to the ъ (hard sign) it indicates that a real glide is to be made to the following vowel. What is the most important is that the ь (soft sign) always makes the preceeding consontant soft. Exercise 33 (Table 3.15) gives examples where the ь ...
Emily Olin, 2012
3
Biological and Neuropsychological Mechanisms: Life-span ...
Most soft-sign examinations have not provided adequate demonstration of psychometric stability (see Table 6.2 for a listing of common examinations). Details about these examinations are reviewed by Franzen and Berg (1989) and Tupper ...
Hayne Waring Reese, Michael D. Franzen, 1997
4
A Comprehensive Russian Grammar
(6) Many nouns ending in a soft sign (see 33). 32 Feminine nouns Categories of feminine noun include the following. (1) Most nouns in -а/-я (see, however, 31 (3) and 34 (4)). (2) Many nouns which end in a soft sign (see 33). 33 Soft-sign ...
Terence Wade, 2011
5
Developmental Neuropsychology
Other confounding effects in soft sign studies include errors of inference due to inappropriate multiple statistical comparisons, selection bias — also referred to as Berk- son's paradox — operating in clinical settings, and examiner bias ( Shafer ...
Otfried Spreen, Anthony H. Risser, Dorothy Edgell, 1995
6
Russian For Dummies
Because this letter appears in some commonly used words, including ты (ti) (you; informal singular), вы (vi) (you; formal singular or plural), and мы (mi) (we), it's important to say it as best you can. The soft sign The soft sign is the letter ь.
Andrew Kaufman, Serafima Gettys, 2012
7
Pediatric Neurology: Essentials for General Practice
The finding of a soft sign never identifies a specific disorder but does suggest general neurodevelopmental delay or immaturity. Children exhibiting soft signs often have a history of premature birth, delayed motor or language milestones, ...
Peter Louis Heilbroner, Glenn Y. Castaneda, 2007
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Neurological Soft Signs in Psychometrically Identified ...
correlated with the NES motor sequencing subscale score and suggested that this neurological soft sign domain may progressively deteriorate with age. Several longitudinal studies examined the progression of neurological impairment over ...
Jessica A. Kaczorowski, 2008
9
Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for ...
To be considered a soft sign, Shaffer et aL 119g31 state there should be no association between the observed behavior and a positive history of neurologic disease or trauma. Furthermore, clusters of neurological soft signs should not be  ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2004
10
The Structure of Russian in Outline
U npaired cons onants non-palatalized palatalized c—n é—\l s—ui sd——m Special signs “Soft” sign-1» (indicates palatalization of preceding consonant) “ Hard” sign—-1, (in conjunction with following “soft” series letter, indicates consonant is ...
Charles Bidwell, 1970
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Soft sign [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/soft-sign>. May 2024 ».
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