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soja.

soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/Brazil/ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/Portugal
  1. soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)

    feminine
  2. soybean; soy (seeds of the soybean plant)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch soja, borrowed from Japanese そや, from 醤油, an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 醬油 /酱油. Doublet of shoyu.

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