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Webster 1913 Edition

So-called

So′-calledˊ

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Adj.

So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

Definition 2024

so-called

so-called

English

Adjective

so-called ‎(not comparable)

(idiomatic) So named; commonly called by such a name, often with a connotation that the item is not worthy of that name.^[1]
(mathematics, sciences) Same as above, without the negative connotation.
The so-called Ising model.

Translations

so named

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

Persian: کذایی ‎(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, without negative connotation

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 m ‎(apokaloúmenos), λεγόμενος m ‎(legómenos)
Hungarian: úgynevezett (hu)
Russian: так называ́емый (ru) ‎(tak nazyvájemyj)

References

↑ So-Called. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved on 6 June 2016.