so-called

English

Etymology

so +‎ called

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: sōʹkôld', IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊˌkɔːld/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊˌkɔld/

Adjective

so-called (not comparable)

So named, but wrongly so.
(mathematics, sciences) So named.
The so-called Ising model.

Translations

so named, but wrongly so

Albanian: ashtuquajtur (sq) (i/e)
Armenian: այսպես կոչված (ayspes kočʿvac)
Catalan: anomenat (ca), dit (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所謂 (zh), 所谓 (zh) (suǒwèi)
Danish: såkaldt
Dutch: zogenaamd (nl), zgn. (nl)
Estonian: nõndanimetatud
Finnish: niin sanottu (fi), niin kutsuttu
French: soi-disant (fr)
German: sogenannt (de), sog. (de)
Greek: αποκαλούμενος (el) m (apokaloúmenos), λεγόμενος (el) m (legómenos), δήθεν (el) (díthen)
Hungarian: úgynevezett (hu)
Italian: cosiddetto (it)
Japanese: 所謂 (ja) (iwayuru)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: såkalt
Persian: کذایی‎‎ (fa) (kazâyi)
Polish: tak zwany (pl) (tzw. (pl))
Portuguese: assim chamado m, chamado (pt) m, dito (pt) m
Russian: так называ́емый (ru) (tak nazyvájemyj) (т.н. (t.n.))
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тако̀зва̄нӣ m

Roman: takòzvānī (sh) m
Sindhi: نام نهاد‎‎
Slovene: tako imenovan
Spanish: llamado (es)
Turkish: sözde (tr)
Vietnamese: cái gọi là
Yiddish: אַזוי גערופֿן‎‎ (azoy gerufn)

so named

Armenian: այսպես կոչված (ayspes kočʿvac)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所謂 (zh), 所谓 (zh) (suǒwèi)
Czech: takzvaný (cs) m
Danish: såkaldt
Dutch: zogenaamd (nl), zgn. (nl)
Finnish: niin sanottu (fi), niin kutsuttu

French: dénommé (fr) m
German: sogenannt (de)
Greek: αποκαλούμενος (el) m (apokaloúmenos), λεγόμενος (el) m (legómenos)
Hungarian: úgynevezett (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: såkalt
Russian: так называ́емый (ru) (tak nazyvájemyj)

Further reading

so-called at OneLook Dictionary Search
So-Called. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved on 6 June 2016.

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