soft sign

短语

软音符号

发音

UK /ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/
其它
US /ˌsɔftˈsaɪn/

词形变化

soft signs 复数 soft signs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant.

    软音符号

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

yer

词源

Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak), from мя́гкий (mjáxkij, “palatal, palatized, soft”) + знак (znak, “mark, sign”).

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