Definition: (conjunction) - that is, for example

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

(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 that soit is also the third person singular subjunctive of être (to be)

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Pronunciation: [swa]