different between alone vs solitude
alone
English
Etymology
From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (“alone”, literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ?n (“entirely alone, solitary, single”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +? one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. Regarding the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??lo?n/, enPR: ?-l?n?
- (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /??lu?/
- Rhymes: -??n
- Hyphenation: a?lone
Adjective
alone (comparative more alone, superlative most alone)
- By oneself, solitary.
- 1611, King James Version, Genesis ii. 18
- It is not good that the man should be alone.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Alone on a wide, wide sea.
- 1611, King James Version, Genesis ii. 18
- (predicatively, chiefly in the negative) Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, practices, etc.
- (obsolete) Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
- (obsolete) Mere; consisting of nothing further.
- (obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.
Derived terms
- alonely
Translations
Adverb
alone (not comparable)
- By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- Synonyms: by one's lonesome, solitarily, solo; see also Thesaurus:solitarily
- Without outside help.
- Synonyms: by oneself, by one's lonesome, singlehandedly; see also Thesaurus:by oneself
- Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.
- Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
- Synonyms: entirely, solely; see also Thesaurus:solely
- Not requiring anything further; merely
- (by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
Usage notes
- Unlike most focusing adverbs, alone typically appears after a noun phrase.
- Only the teacher knew vs. The teacher alone knew
Derived terms
- leave alone
- let alone
- stand-alone
Translations
Anagrams
- Enola, Leano, Leona, NOAEL, anole
Italian
Etymology
From Latin halo.
Noun
alone m (plural aloni)
- halo
- glow
Anagrams
- anelo, anelò
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solitude
English
Etymology
From Old French solitude; synchronically, sole +? -itude.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?l??tju?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?l??tud/
- Hyphenation: sol?i?tude
Noun
solitude (countable and uncountable, plural solitudes)
- Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
- Synonym: aloneness
- Antonym: intimacy
- A lonely or deserted place.
- 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:
- Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.
- Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 193]:
- Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.
- 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:
Derived terms
- two solitudes
Related terms
- sole
- solo
- soliloquy
- solitary
- solitudinous
- solitudinously
Translations
See also
- loneliness
Further reading
- solitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- outslide, slideout, toluides
French
Etymology
From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.li.tyd/
Noun
solitude f (plural solitudes)
- solitude
Related terms
- solitaire
- seul
Further reading
- “solitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
solitude f (nominative singular solitude)
- solitude
Descendants
- ? English: solitude
- French: solitude
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soli?tud??i/
Noun
solitude f (plural solitudes)
- solitude
Related terms
- só
- solidão
- solitário
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