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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tso

/tsˈoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
tso
IPA
/tsˈoʊ/
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of transport safety officer.

name

Initialism of Time Sharing Option.

name

Initialism of TCP segmentation offload.

name

Initialism of Technical Standard Order (“minimum performance standard issued by the United States Federal Aviation Administration for materials, components and processes used in civil aircraft”).

name

A surname from Chinese.

name

A surname from Navajo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 左 (Zuǒ).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

TSOs (plural)

Phrases

General Tso's chicken

Rhymes With

so no so-so know go show though oh ago low although co

Questions

How do you pronounce tso?
The recorded pronunciation is /tsˈoʊ/.
What does tso mean?
Initialism of transport safety officer.
Where does tso come from?
Borrowed from Mandarin 左 (Zuǒ).

How to pronounce tso

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