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solo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin s?lus, probably related to se (“himself”).
Pronunciation
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?so?.lo?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??.l??/
Noun
solo (plural solos or soli)
- (music) A piece of music for one performer.
- A job or performance done by one person alone.
- (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
- A single shot of espresso.
- (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.
Coordinate terms
- (coffee): doppio, triplo (rare)
Translations
Adjective
solo (comparative more solo, superlative most solo)
- Without a companion or instructor.
- (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.
Translations
Adverb
solo (not comparable)
- Alone, without a companion.
Verb
solo (third-person singular simple present soloes, present participle soloing, simple past and past participle soloed)
- (music) To perform a solo.
- To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
- (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
Derived terms
Related terms
- solitaire
Translations
Anagrams
- Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, sool
Catalan
Etymology
From Italian solo.
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
Derived terms
- solista
Further reading
- “solo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “solo” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “solo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “solo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?so?.lo?/
- Hyphenation: so?lo
Noun
solo m (plural solo's or soli, diminutive solootje n)
- (music) solo (piece or passage performed or typified by a single performer)
Derived terms
- drumsolo
- gitaarsolo
- solist
- soloactie
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.lo/
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
Derived terms
- soliste
See also
- duo, trio
Further reading
- “solo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin s?lum (“soil, ground”).
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- soil, ground
- Synonym: chan
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian solo.
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
- Synonym: só
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo.
Adjective
solo
- alone
- single (not married nor dating)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?so.lo/
- Rhymes: -olo
- Hyphenation: só?lo
Etymology 1
From Latin s?lus.
Adjective
solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole)
- alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
- Synonym: solitario
- only, single, just one, unique, sole
- Synonym: unico
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
- Synonym: assolo
Coordinate terms
- (single): doppio, triplo
Descendants
- ? English: solo
- ? German: solo
Etymology 2
From Latin s?lum.
Adverb
solo
- only, just, but, alone, merely
- Synonyms: solamente, soltanto
Conjunction
solo
- (followed by che) but, only
- Synonyms: ma, però
- (preceded by se) if only
- (followed by se) only if
Noun
solo m (plural soli, feminine sola)
- the only one, the only man
- Synonym: unico
Related terms
Anagrams
- Oslo
Latin
Noun
sol?
- dative singular of solum
- ablative singular of solum
Adjective
s?l?
- dative masculine singular of s?lus
- dative neuter singular of s?lus
- ablative masculine singular of s?lus
- ablative neuter singular of s?lus
References
- solo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- solo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Latvian
Noun
solo m (invariable)
- (music) solo
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English solo.
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (music, Jersey) solo
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Verb
solo
- inflection of soallut:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).
Adverb
solo
- solo
Noun
solo (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloer or soli, definite singular soloene or soliene)
- (music, dance) a solo
References
- “solo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).
Adverb
solo
- solo
Noun
solo m (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloar, definite plural soloane)
- (music, dance) a solo
References
- “solo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.
Noun
solo
- sun
Polish
Etymology
From Italian solo, from Latin s?lus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.l?/
Noun
solo n (indeclinable)
- (music) solo (piece of music for one)
- Synonym: solówka
- (slang) A one-on-one fight usually between schoolers and agreed to in advance.
- Synonym: solówka
Adjective
solo (not comparable)
- (music) solo (without a companion or instructor)
Adverb
solo (not comparable)
- (music) solo (alone, without a companion)
- Synonym: pojedynczo
Related terms
- (nouns) solista, solistka, solówka
Further reading
- solo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?s?.lu/
- Hyphenation: so?lo
Etymology 1
From Latin s?lum (“soil, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole of the foot”).
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (geology) soil, ground
Derived terms
- subsolo
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin s?lus (“alone, solitary”). Doublet of só.
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:solo.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
solo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of solar
Further reading
- “solo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “solo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “solo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “solo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
- “solo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “solo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?solo/, [?so.lo]
- Homophone: sólo
Etymology 1
From Latin s?lus (“alone, sole, only”).
Adjective
solo (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)
- sole, only, unique, single
- lonely, lonesome
- alone, by oneself
Derived terms
- solito
- gato solo
- más solo que la una
- por sí solo
- tejón solo
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin s?lum.
Alternative forms
- sólo (deprecated)
Adverb
solo
- only, solely, just
- Synonyms: solamente, únicamente
- automatically; self-, by itself
Further reading
- “solo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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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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