soy C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /sɔɪ/ UK /sɔɪ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the soybean plant or products made from it She poured a little soy over the steamed rice. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the soybean plant or... soyasoybean Word family Related forms soyasoybean Etymology AI details From Dutch soja, from Japanese shōyu ('soy sauce'), itself a borrowing from Chinese (Mandarin jiàngyóu), 'sauce oil'. soja Dutch shōyu Japanese View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # soy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɔɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /sɔɪ/ ## Meanings 1. the soybean plant or products made from it ## Examples - She poured a little soy over the steamed rice. ## Synonyms - soya - soybean ## Related Forms - soya - soybean ## Roots and Affixes - Root: soja - Root: shōyu ## Etymology From Dutch soja, from Japanese shōyu ('soy sauce'), itself a borrowing from Chinese (Mandarin jiàngyóu), 'sauce oil'. ## AI Etymology Soy comes from Dutch soja, from Japanese shōyu ('soy sauce'), itself a borrowing from Chinese (Mandarin jiàngyóu), 'sauce oil'. The form is best read as a historical transfer or inheritance, with its older language material carrying the main semantic load. As a noun, it denotes "the soybean plant or products made from it", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Dutch soja and Japanese shōyu. Related words include soya, soybean. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown