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See also: Appendix:Variations of "iso"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal”).[1] However, a participant in the initial meetings disputes this etymology, claiming that the link to ίσος was decided on after the name ISO was set.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.səʊ/, /ˈaɪ.ɛsˌəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.soʊ/, /ˈaɪ.ɛsˌoʊ/
(official pronunciation as one word)Audio (UK): (file)
(individual letters spoken)Audio (UK): (file)
(official pronunciation as one word)Audio (US): (file)
(individual letters spoken)Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: iso
Proper noun
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ISO
- (organisation) The International Organization for Standardization.
Noun
[edit]ISO (plural ISOs)
- (file format) A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension for such a file.
- I downloaded the ISO but got an error when trying to burn it to disc.
- (photography) A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ISO (plural ISOs)
- Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
- (finance) Initialism of incentive stock option.
- (music, derogatory) Abbreviation of instrument-shaped object. Used to refer to a musical instrument that is of very low quality.
Preposition
[edit]ISO
- (in personal ads) Initialism of in search of.
- 1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss[2] (Usenet):
- SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic! It's really irritating to date a person who stops breathing whenever he's in your apartment. "GWM, 26, ISO G/BiM, must be kind to animals and have no allergies to pets..."
References
[edit]- ^ “About ISO”, in International Organization for Standardization, 2018 May 16 (last accessed)
- ^ International Organization for Standardization (1997) FRIENDSHIP AMONG EQUALS[1], page 20: “I recently read that the name ISO was chosen because “iso” is a Greek term meaning “equal”. There was no mention of that in London !”
Anagrams
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ISO
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ISO | ISO-k |
accusative | ISO-t | ISO-kat |
dative | ISO-nak | ISO-knak |
instrumental | ISO-val | ISO-kkal |
causal-final | ISO-ért | ISO-kért |
translative | ISO-vá | ISO-kká |
terminative | ISO-ig | ISO-kig |
essive-formal | ISO-ként | ISO-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ISO-ban | ISO-kban |
superessive | ISO-n | ISO-kon |
adessive | ISO-nál | ISO-knál |
illative | ISO-ba | ISO-kba |
sublative | ISO-ra | ISO-kra |
allative | ISO-hoz | ISO-khoz |
elative | ISO-ból | ISO-kból |
delative | ISO-ról | ISO-król |
ablative | ISO-tól | ISO-któl |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ISO-é | ISO-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ISO-éi | ISO-kéi |
Possessive forms of ISO | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ISO-m | ISO-im |
2nd person sing. | ISO-d | ISO-id |
3rd person sing. | ISO-ja | ISO-i |
1st person plural | ISO-nk | ISO-ink |
2nd person plural | ISO-tok | ISO-itok |
3rd person plural | ISO-juk | ISO-ik |
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ISO f
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Further reading
[edit]- “ISO”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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