Languages › French Learn a French Word a Day: Soit Share Flipboard Email Print David Buffington / Getty Images French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By ThoughtCo Team Updated on August 30, 2018 Soit (conjunction): that is, for example Pronunciation: [swa] Examples Voici des numéros de téléphone importants, soit pour le médecin, l'hôtel, et cetera /Here are some important phone numbers, for example the doctor, the hotel, etc soit... soit / either... or Soit l'un, soit l'autre, ça m'est égal / Either one or the other, I don't care Other Forms Soit (formal adv): so be it, very well then Il veut partir ? Alors, soit, qu'il parte / He wants to leave? Very well then, let him leave.Note: Soit is also the third person singular subjunctive of être (to be) Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Team, ThoughtCo. "Learn a French Word a Day: Soit." ThoughtCo, Dec. 6, 2021, thoughtco.com/soit-vocabulary-1372585. Team, ThoughtCo. (2021, December 6). Learn a French Word a Day: Soit. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/soit-vocabulary-1372585 Team, ThoughtCo. "Learn a French Word a Day: Soit." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/soit-vocabulary-1372585 (accessed June 10, 2023). copy citation