miso
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "miso"
English
Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (miso).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmisoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːsəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːsəʊ
Noun
miso (usually uncountable, plural misos)
- A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
- 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian:
- Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).
Derived terms
Translations
thick paste for making soup
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Etymology 2
Noun
miso (uncountable)
- (pharmacology, informal) Clipping of misoprostol.
- 2014 June 27, Erica Hellerstein, “The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas”, in The Atlantic:
- I’m here to look for a small, white, hexagonal pill called misoprostol. Also known as miso or Cytotec, the drug induces an abortion that appears like a miscarriage during the early stages of a woman’s pregnancy. For women living in Latin America and other countries that have traditionally outlawed abortion, miso has been a lifeline […]
- 2023 July 31, Sara Hutchinson, “Having an Abortion at Home? There’s a Hotline for That”, in Cosmopolitan:
- Now a year later, as the courts consider the fate of mifepristone and abortion providers gird for the possibility of a miso-only protocol, Cristina says that she’s grateful she was able to end her unwanted pregnancy, although she knows not everyone has access to the same resources […]
See also
- mife (“mifepristone”)
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
miso n
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
miso
Declension
Inflection of miso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | miso | misot | |
genitive | mison | misojen | |
partitive | misoa | misoja | |
illative | misoon | misoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | miso | misot | |
accusative | nom. | miso | misot |
gen. | mison | ||
genitive | mison | misojen | |
partitive | misoa | misoja | |
inessive | misossa | misoissa | |
elative | misosta | misoista | |
illative | misoon | misoihin | |
adessive | misolla | misoilla | |
ablative | misolta | misoilta | |
allative | misolle | misoille | |
essive | misona | misoina | |
translative | misoksi | misoiksi | |
abessive | misotta | misoitta | |
instructive | — | misoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
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Further reading
- “miso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
miso m (plural misos)
Further reading
- “miso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
miso m (invariable)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
miso
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
miso f
Spanish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (miso).
Pronunciation
Noun
miso m (uncountable)
Etymology 2
Verb
miso
Further reading
- “miso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (miso). Manuel (1948) surmises Hokkien though. Compare Taiwanese Hokkien 味噌 (mí-soh) which is also from Japanese. See also Taiwanese Hokkien 味素 (bī-sò͘, “monosodium glutamate”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /miˈso/ [mɪˈso]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: mi‧so
Noun
misó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐᜓ)
See also
Further reading
- “miso”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “miso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 41
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