*se soigner, v.r., to take care of one’s self, to nurse one’s self.
*soigneusement (-eûz-mān), adv., carefully.
*soigneu-x, -se, adj., careful, regardful, solicitous; mindful.
soi-même, pron., one’s self; itself.
soi-mouvant, adj., (philos.) self-moving.
soin, n.m., care, attendance on. pl., attentions, solicitude; pains, trouble. Avoir — de quelque chose; to take care of anything. Je vous en laisse le —; I leave it to your care. Rendre des —s à quelqu’un; to be attentive to any one. Petits —s; little, or minute, attentions. Être aux petite —s avec quelqu’un; to be all attention to any one. Manque de —; carelessness. Avec —; carefully.
soir, n.m., evening, night. Du matin au —; from morning till, or to, night. Bon —; good evening. Hier —, hier au —; last evening, last night. Ce —; this evening, to-night. Sur le —; towards evening; at night-fall. Le — de la vie; the declining years.
soirée, n.f., evening (duration of the evening); evening party. Aller en —; to go out to a party, to go to an evening party. Passer la —; to spend the evening. Dans la —; during the evening.
soit, adv., be it so, let it be so, well and good, I grant it. Hé bien, —; well, be it so. Ainsi —-il; so be it. — dit; be it said.
soit, conj., either, whether, or. — l’un, — l’autre; either one or the other. — que; (with a verb) whether.