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solid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French solide (as an adjective), from Latin solidus (“solid”). Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solidus, and sou.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: s?l'?d, IPA(key): /?s?l?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?l?d/
Adjective
solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)
- (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
- Large in size, quantity, or value.
- Synonyms: massive, substantial
- Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
- Strong or unyielding.
- (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- Hearty; filling.
- Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- 1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning
- The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.
- 1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning
- Financially well off; wealthy.
- Sound; not weak.
- (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- Synonyms: (as in closed compound) closed, closed up
- Coordinate terms: hyphenation (noun), writing as separate words (noun)
- (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
- (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- Of a single color throughout.
- (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
- (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
- Coordinate terms: loose, stacked
Hyponyms
- rock solid
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
solid (plural solids)
- (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
- (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- (informal) A favor.
- Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
- I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
- An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- I prefer solids over paisleys.
- (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
Translations
Adverb
solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)
- Solidly.
- (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
- Many long-established compounds are set solid.
References
- solid at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- diols, idols, lidos, loids, sloid, soldi
Danish
Adjective
solid
- solid, robust
- strong
- substantial
- reliable
German
Alternative forms
- solide (both are roughly equally common)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo?li?t/
Adjective
solid (comparative solider, superlative am solidesten)
- solid
Declension
Further reading
- “solid” in Duden online
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin solidus.
Adjective
solid m (feminine singular solida, masculine plural solids, feminine plural solidas)
- solid
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 923.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so?lid/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French solide, Latin solidus.
Adjective
solid m or n (feminine singular solid?, masculine plural solizi, feminine and neuter plural solide)
- solid, firm
Synonyms
- tare
Related terms
- soliditate
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin solidus. Cf. also solz, possibly a doublet.
Noun
solid m (plural solizi)
- a solidus (Roman gold coin)
Further reading
- solid in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i?d
Adjective
solid
- solid, massive, stable, reliable
- solvent, in good financial standing
Declension
Related terms
- soliditet
Noun
solid c
- (geometry) a solid body
Declension
Anagrams
- lodis
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vigilant
English
Etymology
From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?d??l?nt/
- Hyphenation: vi?gi?lant
Adjective
vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)
- Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
- Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.
Synonyms
- (watchful): alert, aware, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful
Derived terms
- pharmacovigilant
- vigilantly
Related terms
- vigil
- vigilance
- vigilante
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /vi.?i?lant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bi.?i?lan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /vi.d??i?lant/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin vigil?ns, vigil?ntem, attested from 1696.
Adjective
vigilant (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)
- vigilant
Derived terms
- vigilantment
Related terms
- vigilància
- vigilar
Noun
vigilant m or f (plural vigilants)
- guard, watchman
Etymology 2
Verb
vigilant
- present participle of vigilar
References
Further reading
- “vigilant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vigilant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vigilant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigil?ns, vigil?ntem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.?i.l??/
Adjective
vigilant (feminine singular vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)
- vigilant
Related terms
- vigiler
Further reading
- “vigilant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vi?i?lant]
- Hyphenation: vi?gi?lant
Adjective
vigilant (comparative vigilanter, superlative am vigilantesten)
- (dated) cunning, smart, clever
- (solemn) watchful, alert, wary (Austria)
Declension
Synonyms
- (cunning): clever, findig, gewieft, pfiffig, gerissen
- (watchful): wachsam, aufmerksam
Derived terms
- Vigilant
- Vigilanz
- Vigilantismus
Related terms
- arrogant
Further reading
- “vigilant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vigilant” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
vigilant
- third-person plural present active indicative of vigil?
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