English
sophie
see also: Sophie
Noun

sophie

  1. Obsolete spelling of sophy#English|sophy wisdom. [15th and 16th century]
Sophie
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈsəʊfi/
Proper noun
  1. A female given name of Ancient Greek origin. cln en
    • 1832 Barry Cornwall, English Songs, 1851, LXXXV ("To Sophie"):
      Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?
    • 1991 Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, ISBN 0-224-03157-0 page 241, 252:
      No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - -
      Sophie Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.
  2. A female given name.
    • 1995, Marilyn Seguin, The Bell Keeper: The story of Sophia and the Massacre of the Indians at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, in 1782, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ztax4WEsnT4C&pg=PT9&dq=sophie+sophia+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=NNSbTsKqHoOpiAfgz_WUBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=sophie%20sophia%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false page 8],
      Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie," he said. "I have one more stone still."
  3. A village in Ouest, Haiti.
Noun

sophie (plural sophies)

  1. Archaic spelling of Sophy#English-shah|Sophy (title of a Safavid dynasty shah)


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