sol

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WOTD – 17 June 2021

Etymology 1

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒl/, /səʊl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) enPR: sōl, IPA^(key): /sɔl/, /sɑl/, /soʊl/
• Homophones: soul, sole (Canada, US)
• Rhymes: -ɒl, -əʊl

Noun

sol (uncountable)

2. (music)
   1. In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
      • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 218, column 2:

        D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die.

      • [c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

        Ser[vant, i.e., Peter]. Alack alack what ſhal I doe, come Fidlers play me ſome mery dumpe. / I. [First musician]. A ſir, this is no time to play. / […] / Ser. Then will I giue it you, and ſoundly to. / I. What will you giue vs? / Ser. The fidler, Ile re you, Ile fa you, Ile ſol you. / I. If you re vs and fa vs, we will note you.

        A nonce use as a verb.]

   2. In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.

Alternative forms

• so
• soh

Translations

in a movable-do system: the fifth step in a scale

• Arabic: سُول m (sūl), سُول m (sol)
• Basque: sol (eu)
• Bulgarian: сол (bg) (sol)
• Catalan: sol (ca) m
• Dutch: sol (nl) m
• Finnish: sol (fi), so (fi)
• French: sol (fr) m
• Galician: sol (gl) m
• Greek: σολ (el) n (sol)
• Hungarian: szó (hu)
• Japanese: ソル (soru), ソ (ja) (so)
• Korean: 솔 (ko) (sol)
• Macedonian: сол m (sol)
• Portuguese: sol (pt) m
• Romanian: sol (ro) m
• Russian: соль (ru) f (solʹ)
• Spanish: sol (es) m

in a fixed-do system: the musical note G

Etymology 2

From Old French sol (“French coin”) (modern French sou), from Latin solidum, the accusative singular of solidus (“Roman gold coin; (adjective) solid”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”). Doublet of sold, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɔl/, /sɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

sol (plural sols)

1. (historical) An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.
   • 1605 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act IV, scene v, pages 502–503:

     This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.

   • 1611, Thomas Coryate [i.e., Thomas Coryat], “My Obseruations of the Most Glorious, Peerelesse, and Mayden Citie of Venice: […]”, in Coryats Crudities Hastily Gobled Vp in Five Moneths Trauells […], London: […] W[illiam] S[tansby for the author], →OCLC, page 285, lines 18–24:

     Moſt of their owne coines that I ſaw were theſe. In gold but one, which is their chiquiney: This piece doth much vary in the value. For ſometimes it is high, ſometimes low. When I was there, a chiquiney was worth eleuen liuers, and twelue ſols. Which counteruaileth eight ſhillings and eight pence halfe penny of our money.

   • 1748, [Tobias Smollett], chapter XLIV, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume II, London: […] [William Strahan] for J[ohn] Osborn […], →OCLC, page 69:

     It was the fate of the grenadier company, to which I now belonged, to lie at Rheims, where I found myſelf in the utmoſt want of every thing: My pay, which amounted to five ſols a day, far from ſupplying me with neceſſaries; being ſcarce ſufficient to procure a wretched ſubſiſtance, to keep ſoul and body together; […]

Related terms

• solid
• solidus

Translations

old coin from France and other countries

Etymology 3

PIE word
*sóh₂wl̥

From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Doublet of Sol and sol, directly from the Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɔl/, /sɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

sol (plural sols or soles)

1. (historical) A former Spanish-American silver coin.
   • 1763, [Antoine-Simon] Le Page du Pratz, “Of the Commerce that Is, and May Be, Carried Out in Louisiana. […]”, in [anonymous], transl., The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: […], volume I, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt […], →OCLC, page 336:

     The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.

2. In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.

Related terms

• Sun, sun

Translations

Spanish-American silver coin

main currency unit of Peru

Etymology 4

From Latin sōl (“sun”); see further at etymology 3. Doublet of sol from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɔl/, /sɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

sol (plural sols)

2. (astronomy) A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
   • 2011, Andy Weir, chapter 3, in The Martian, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 18:

     I need to create calories. And I need enough to last the 1387 sols until Ares 4 arrives. If I don't get rescued by Ares 4, I'm dead anyway. A sol is 39 minutes longer than a day, so it works out to be 1425 days. That's my target: 1425 days of food.

   • 2014, Gerard ’t Hooft, Stefan Vandoren, “10⁵ Seconds = 100,000 Seconds = 1.16 days = 27.78 Hours”, in Saskia A. Eisberg-’t Hooft, transl., Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., →ISBN, part I, page 25:

     88,775 seconds = 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds / The duration of a synodic day on Mars, a ‘sol’

Derived terms

• tosol
• yestersol

Related terms

• Sol
• Sun, sun

Translations

solar day on the planet Mars

• Finnish: Marsin päivä
• Norwegian: marsdøgn n or n pl
• Russian: марсиа́нские су́тки f pl (marsiánskije sútki)

Etymology 5

Sense 1 (“type of colloid”) is derived from -sol (in words like alcosol and hydrosol), an abbreviation of solution.

Sense 2 (“solution to an objection”) is derived directly from solution.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɔl/, /sɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

sol (plural sols)

1. (physical chemistry) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
2. (obsolete) A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Symptomes Generall, Loue to Their Owne Sect, Hate of All Other Religions, […]”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 4, member 1, subsection 3, page 524:

     [F]or that they had nothing elſe to doe, […] haue coyned a thouſand idle queſtions, nice diſtinctions, Obs and Sols, […]

   • [1677 (indicated as 1678), [Samuel Butler], “[The Third Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The Third and Last Part. […], London: […] Robert Horne, […], published 1679, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 165:

     Where Hinderſon, and th' other Maſſes / Were ſent to Cap Texts, and Put Caſes: / To paſs for deep, and Learned Scholars, / Although but Paltry, Ob-and-Sollers: […]]

Derived terms

• aerosol
• sol-gel
• solate
• solation
• solid sol

Translations

type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid

• Bulgarian: зол m (zol)
• Catalan: sol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溶膠／溶胶 (zh) (róngjiāo)

• Finnish: sooli (fi)
• French: sol (fr) m
• Galician: sol (gl) m
• German: Sol (de) n
• Hungarian: szol (hu)
• Japanese: ゾル (zoru)
• Polish: zol (pl) m
• Portuguese: sol (pt) m
• Romanian: sol (ro) n
• Russian: золь (ru) m (zolʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сол

  Roman: sol (sh)

• Spanish: sol (es) m
• Tagalog: maladigkiting kaluswan

Anagrams

• LOS, OLS, SLO, los'

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition so (“under”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

sol m

1. under the

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		сол
Abjad		سوُل

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

sol (definite accusative solu, plural sollar)

1. left

   küçənin sol tərəfi ― left side of the street

Declension

Declension of sol
	singular	plural
nominative	sol	sollar
definite accusative	solu	solları
dative	sola	sollara
locative	solda	sollarda
ablative	soldan	sollardan
definite genitive	solun	solların

Possessive forms of sol
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	solum	sollarım
sənin (“your”)	solun	solların
onun (“his/her/its”)	solu	solları
bizim (“our”)	solumuz	sollarımız
sizin (“your”)	solunuz	sollarınız
onların (“their”)	solu or solları	solları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	solumu	sollarımı
sənin (“your”)	solunu	sollarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	solunu	sollarını
bizim (“our”)	solumuzu	sollarımızı
sizin (“your”)	solunuzu	sollarınızı
onların (“their”)	solunu or sollarını	sollarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	soluma	sollarıma
sənin (“your”)	soluna	sollarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	soluna	sollarına
bizim (“our”)	solumuza	sollarımıza
sizin (“your”)	solunuza	sollarınıza
onların (“their”)	soluna or sollarına	sollarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	solumda	sollarımda
sənin (“your”)	solunda	sollarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	solunda	sollarında
bizim (“our”)	solumuzda	sollarımızda
sizin (“your”)	solunuzda	sollarınızda
onların (“their”)	solunda or sollarında	sollarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	solumdan	sollarımdan
sənin (“your”)	solundan	sollarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	solundan	sollarından
bizim (“our”)	solumuzdan	sollarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	solunuzdan	sollarınızdan
onların (“their”)	solundan or sollarından	sollarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	solumun	sollarımın
sənin (“your”)	solunun	sollarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	solunun	sollarının
bizim (“our”)	solumuzun	sollarımızın
sizin (“your”)	solunuzun	sollarınızın
onların (“their”)	solunun or sollarının	sollarının

Antonyms

• sağ

Derived terms

• solaxay (“left-hander”)
• solçu (“leftist”)
  • solçuluq (“leftism”)

Bislama

Etymology

From English salt. Cognate with Tok Pisin sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/
• Hyphenation: sol

Noun

sol

1. salt

Derived terms

• solwora

 

References

• Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 17

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔl]
• Homophone: sòl
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan sol, from Latin sōlem (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Proper noun

sol m

1. (astronomy) the Sun (the center of our solar system)

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. (astronomy) sun
2. (numismatics) sol (a unit of currency used in Peru)

Derived terms

• posta de sol
• ressol
• sol coronat
• sol ixent
• sol ponent

 

Related terms

• solar

Etymology 2

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. (music) sol (the fifth note of the diatonic scale)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English sol.

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

Etymology 4

Inherited from Latin sōlus (“solitary”).

Adjective

sol (feminine sola, masculine plural sols, feminine plural soles)

1. alone (by oneself, solitary)
   • 2020 March 12, María José Gómez, Time Out Barcelona‎^[1], volume 588, page 8, column Fight!:

     M'encanta viure en parella, sortir en grup, treballar en equip. Però també m'agrada estar sola.

     I love living as a couple, going out in a group, working on a team. But I also like being alone.

2. unique

Derived terms

• a soles
• sol com un mussol
• sol i vern
• solament
• solet
• tot sol

 

Related terms

• soledat

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sol

1. third-person singular present indicative of soler

References

• “sol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sol (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/, [ˈsol]

Noun

sol

1. sun

Crimean Tatar

Noun

sol (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. left

Declension

Declension of sol

nominative	sol
genitive	solnıñ
dative	solğa
accusative	solnı
locative	solda
ablative	soldan

Adjective

sol

1. left

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsol]

Verb

sol

1. second-person singular imperative of solit

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːl/, [soːˀl]
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

sol c (singular definite solen, plural indefinite sole)

1. sun

Inflection

Declension of sol

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sol	solen	sole	solene
genitive	sols	solens	soles	solenes

Verb

sol

1. imperative of sole

Etymology 2

From Latin solūtiō (“solution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːl/, [soːˀl]

Noun

sol c (singular definite solen, plural indefinite soler)

1. (chemistry) sol (solution)

Inflection

Declension of sol

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sol	solen	soler	solerne
genitive	sols	solens	solers	solernes

Etymology 3

From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/, [sʌl]

Noun

sol n (singular definite sollet, plural indefinite soller)

1. (music) sol (note)

Inflection

Declension of sol

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sol	sollet	soller	sollerne
genitive	sols	sollets	sollers	sollernes

Further reading

• “sol” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist all note names were taken from.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/

• Audio:

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Noun

sol f (plural sollen, diminutive solletje n)

1. (music, Belgium) sol (the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)

Derived terms

• solseutel

Anagrams

• los

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

souz (Old Beaujolais) cho, seul (Bressan) cheul (Fribourgeois) soul (Piemontais) seul (Valdôtain)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sōlus.

Adjective

sol (feminine sola, masculine plural sols, feminine plural soles) (ORB, broad)

1. alone

Notes

In many areas replaced with its own derivative solèt.

Derived terms

• solament
• solèt

References

• seul in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• sol in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[3] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 76: “toute seule” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sōlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 78

French

Etymology 1

From Latin solum (“soil, ground, floor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. soil, earth
2. ground
3. floor

Derived terms

• clouer au sol
• hors-sol
• sous-sol

 

Etymology 2

From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist where all note names were taken from.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

sol m (plural sol)

1. (music) sol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)

Derived terms

• clef de sol

Etymology 3

From Spanish sol (“sun”), itself from Latin sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. a Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value

Etymology 4

From Latin solidus, a Roman coin. This form kept the historical spelling based on the Old French and Latin. See the main entry at sou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. (archaic) sou (the feudal era coin)

Further reading

• “sol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sol, from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/ [ˈs̺oɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

1. sun
2. sunlight
3. sunny side (of a place)

   quítate do sol ― go away from sunny side

4. daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sunlight”): sombra
• (antonym(s) of “sunny side”): sombra
• (antonym(s) of “daylight”): noite

Derived terms

• asollar
• soán
• solaina
• solar
• solario
• soleado
• solleiro
• solloso
• solpor

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/ [ˈs̺oɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

1. (music) sol (a musical note)
2. (music) G (the musical note or key)

See also

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

Etymology 3

From English sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/ [ˈs̺ɔɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

1. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sol”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “sol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese sol. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sol.

Noun

sol

1. sun

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sól/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɔ́l]

Ideophone

sol

1. very white

   Synonym: fat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔl]
• Hyphenation: sol

Etymology 1

From Dutch zool, from Middle Dutch sole, from Vulgar Latin sola ("bottom of the shoe", also "flatfish"), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Compare to Afrikaans sool.

Noun

sol (first-person possessive solku, second-person possessive solmu, third-person possessive solnya)

1. sole (the bottom of a shoe or boot)

Derived terms

• bersol
• mengesol
• mengesolkan
• pengesol
• pengesolan

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch sol, the first syllable of Latin solve (“to remove, get rid of”), the first word of the fifth line, third verse (“Solve polluti, labii reatum”, that is, “Clean the guilt from our stained lips”) of the famed medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

Noun

sol (first-person possessive solku, second-person possessive solmu, third-person possessive solnya)

1. (music) sol:
   1. in a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
   2. in a fixed-do system: the musical note G.

Further reading

• “sol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

sol (plural soles)

1. sun

Adjective

sol (comparative plus sol, superlative le plus sol)

1. alone

Determiner

sol

1. (quantifying) only

Derived terms

• solmente

Italian

Etymology 1

From the first syllable of Latin solve, from the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the names of the notes were derived.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: sòl

Noun

sol m (uncountable)

1. sol (a musical note)
2. G (the musical note and key)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: sòl

Noun

sol m (uncountable)

1. sol (a type of colloid)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: sòl

Noun

sol m (uncountable)

1. sol (a currency of Peru)
2. (historical) sol (a former Spanish-American silver coin)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Hyphenation: sól

Noun

sol m (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of sole

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Hyphenation: sól

Adjective

sol (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of solo

Adverb

sol (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of solo

Further reading

• sol¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• sol² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• sol in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese sol.

Verb

sol

1. sun

Ladino

Noun

sol m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סול)

1. sun

Latin

Sol oriens.

Alternative forms

• Sōl
• ☉ (alchemy)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *s(u)wōl, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂ṓl (*suh₂ól-s) ~ *suh₂l-és m (“the sun”), rebuilt s-stem from *súh₂el ~ *suh₂éns n (whence Sanskrit स्वर् (svar, “the sun”)), leveled from *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *suh₂éns (from *sh₂wéns via laryngeal metathesis). Alternatively from Proto-Italic *saul through an irregular change conditioned by -l, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ul.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soːl/, [s̠oːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sol/, [sɔl]

Noun

sōl m (genitive sōlis); third declension

1. (astronomy, often capitalized) the Sun
2. (astronomy) a sun
3. (alchemy, chemistry) gold
4. (figurative, in the plural) days, period of one's life
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 5.4–6:

     Soles occidere et redire possunt / nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux / nox est perpetua una dormienda

     Suns can set and rise again / but once this brief light ends / there is endless night for us to sleep.

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 8.3–5:

     Fulsere quondam candidi tibi soles / cum ventitabas quo puella ducebat / amata nobis quantum amabitur nulla.

     Once shined for you beautiful suns / when you went where the girl led you / loved by us like no other [girl].

5. (mythology) See Sōl.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sōl	sōlēs
genitive	sōlis	sōlum
dative	sōlī	sōlibus
accusative	sōlem	sōlēs
ablative	sōle	sōlibus
vocative	sōl	sōlēs

Derived terms

• sōlāris

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: soari
  • Istro-Romanian: sore
  • Megleno-Romanian: soari
  • Romanian: soare
• Dalmatian: Dalmatian: saul
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: soli

    Gallurese: soli

    Sassarese: sori

  • Italian: sole
  • Neapolitan: sole

    Tarantino: sole

  • Sicilian: suli
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: sole, sobi, soi, soli
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: sôl, soul, saul
    • Ligurian: sô
    • Lombard: sol, so
    • Piedmontese: sol, so
    • Romagnol: sól
  • Istriot: sul
  • Venetan: sołe
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: sol
  • Franco-Provençal: sol
  • Old Gascon: só
  • Old Occitan: sol
    • Occitan: sol (Florac, Lastic, Creuse)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: sol
  • Mozarabic: שול (šwl)
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: sol
    • Extremaduran: sol
    • Leonese: sol
    • Mirandese: sol
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: sol
    • Fala: sol
    • Galician: sol
    • Portuguese: Sol (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: sol
• Vulgar Latin: *sōliculum (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • Proto-Brythonic: [Term?]
    • Cornish: Sul
    • Breton: Sul
    • Welsh: Sul

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 360: “si leva il sole” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sōl”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 23

Further reading

• "sol", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "sol", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sol in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sol in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin sōl.

Noun

sol

1. sun

Lower Sorbian

sol

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/

Noun

sol f

1. salt (sodium chloride)
2. (chemistry) salt (a compound of an acid and a base)

Declension

Declension of sol

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sol	soli	soli
Genitive	soli	solowu	solow
Dative	soli	soloma	solam
Accusative	sol	soli	soli
Instrumental	solu	soloma	solami
Locative	soli	soloma	solach

Derived terms

• solny
• solowy

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin sōl (“sun”), or perhaps from Old English sōl (“sun”), both of which hail from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Noun

sol (uncountable)

1. The brightest and warmest celestial body, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system; the Sun (the center of our solar system).
2. (rare) A heavy, yellow metal; gold.
   • c. 1395 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. Canon Yeoman's Prologue and Tale

     Mercurie..and brymstoon..out of Sol and Luna were ydrawe.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (planet, metal): sonne
• (planet): Phebus

References

• “sol, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 June 2018.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

sol f

1. shoe

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/
• (Many eastern and northern dialects) IPA^(key): [suːɽ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Noun

sol f or m (definite singular sola or solen, indefinite plural soler, definite plural solene)

1. sun

   Solen skinner.

   The sun is shining.

Derived terms

• kveldssol
• midnattssol
• solbrent
• solbrille
• solbrun
• solcelle
• solemerke
• solenergi
• solfaktor
• solfanger
• solformørkelse
• solhatt
• solhverv
• solkrem
• solkysset
• solnedgang
• soloppgang
• solrik
• solsikke
• solskinn
• solskinnsdag
• solskjerm
• Solskjær
• solslyng
• solstikk
• solstråle
• solsystem
• soltime
• solur
• solvarme
• solvegg

 

Related terms

• sole (verb)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Latin solūtiō

Noun

sol m

1. solution

Derived terms

• aerosol

Etymology 3

Verb

sol

1. imperative of sole

References

• “sol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

sola

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/, [suːl]
• (Many eastern and northern dialects) IPA^(key): [suːɽ]

Noun

sol f (definite singular sola, indefinite plural soler, definite plural solene)

2. sun

   Sola skin i dag.

   The sun shines today.

3. sunshine

   Det er sol ute.

   There is sunshine outside.

4. a shiningly merry girl

Derived terms

• sola, sole (verb)

• bisol
• det finst ingenting nytt under sola
• gluggsol
• ikkje la sola gå ned over vreiden sin
• kveldssol
• medsols
• middelsol
• midnattsol
• morgonsol
• motsols
• plass i sola
• rangsøles
• rettsøles
• skifte sol og vind
• solauge
• solbad
• solbadar
• solbakke
• solbatteri
• solblank
• solblind
• solblom
• solbrend
• solbrille
• solbær
• solcelle
• soldis
• soldogg
• soldyrkar
• soldyrking
• soldøger
• soldøgn
• solefall
• soleglad
• soleie
• soleklar
• soleksem
• solenergi
• solfaktor
• solfangar
• solfaring
• solfest
• solfjerne
• solflekk
• solformørking
• solgang
• solgeisle
• solglim
• solglime
• solgløtt
• solhall
• solhatt
• solhjul
• solhov
• solhylle
• solhøgd
• solklar
• solkomme
• solkors
• solkrem
• solkross
• solkverv
• sollaus
• solliv
• sollys
• solmei
• solmerke
• solmogen
• solmørke
• solmørking
• solnedgang
• soloppgang
• solregn
• solrenning
• solrev
• solrik
• solsegl
• solsetting
• solside
• solskin
• solskive
• solskjerm
• solskugge
• solsky
• solslyng
• solsmak
• solsnu
• solsprett
• solspretting
• solsteik
• solstikk
• solsting
• solstorm
• solstreif
• solstråle
• solsvidd
• solsystem
• soltak
• soltid
• soltilbedar
• soltørk
• soltørke
• soltørking
• solur
• solvarm
• solvarme
• solveg
• solvende
• solvendel
• solvending
• solvind
• solår
• sommarsol
• vêrsol
• vintersol

 

Related terms

• helio-
• solar
• solarium
• solsikke

Etymology 2

From Latin solve, from the first word of the fifth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

Alternative forms

• so (an open syllable variant)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːl/
• Homophone: sål

Noun

sol m (definite singular sol-en, indefinite plural sol-ar, definite plural sol-ane)

2. (music) sol (a syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale)

Coordinate terms

• (scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do

Etymology 3

Shortened form of Latin solūtiō.

Noun

sol m

1. solution

Derived terms

• aerosol

Etymology 4

From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), but also from Latin solidus. This makes it a doublet of sold, sou, solid, and solidus, as well as Norwegian sol f (“sun”) (Etymology 1).

Noun

sol m (plural solen)

2. sol; the main Peruvian currency since 1991
   • 2009 September 4, Dag og Tid, page 11:

     Det representerer investeringar på 4600 millionar soles [om lag 9 milliardar NOK], presiserer viseministeren.

     It represents investments of 4600 million sols [about 9 billion Norwegian kroner], says the vice minister.

4. (historical) the Peruvian currency between 1863 and 1985
   • 1981, Gregorio Condori Mamani, translated by Svanaug Steinnes, Indianarliv i Peru, Oslo: Samlaget, page 48:

     Alt dette kosta åtte soles.

     It cost eight sols in total.

Etymology 5

Noun

sol n (definite singular solet, indefinite plural sol, definite plural sola)

1. alternative spelling of sòl

References

• “sol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “sol”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “sol” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Anagrams

• los, lós, lòs, sol, sòl, sol-, Sol, slo

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sōl, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːl/

Noun

sōl ?

1. sun
2. the Sun

Usage notes

• The exact gender is unknown. Based on cognates in related languages, it is speculated to be either feminine or neuter.

Synonyms

• siġel
• sunne
• sweġel
• sweġl

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sol, from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old High German sol, gisol (“pool of excrement”), Middle Dutch sol (“puddle, dirt, filth”). More at soil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sol/

Noun

sol n

1. mud, wet sand, mire
2. wallowing-place, slough, miry-place

Declension

Declension of sol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sol	solu
accusative	sol	solu
genitive	soles	sola
dative	sole	solum

Related terms

• solian
• solmonaþ
• solu
• sylen
• sylian
• sylu

 

Descendants

• Middle English: sol, sole (merged with descendant of Old English solu)
  • English: soil, soal

Adjective

sol

1. dark, dirty, soiled

Declension

Declension of sol — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sol	solu, solo	sol
Accusative	solne	sole	sol
Genitive	soles	solre	soles
Dative	solum	solre	solum
Instrumental	sole	solre	sole
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sole	sola, sole	solu, solo
Accusative	sole	sola, sole	solu, solo
Genitive	solra	solra	solra
Dative	solum	solum	solum
Instrumental	solum	solum	solum

Declension of sol — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sola	sole	sole
Accusative	solan	solan	sole
Genitive	solan	solan	solan
Dative	solan	solan	solan
Instrumental	solan	solan	solan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	solan	solan	solan
Accusative	solan	solan	solan
Genitive	solra, solena	solra, solena	solra, solena
Dative	solum	solum	solum
Instrumental	solum	solum	solum

Descendants

• Middle English: sol, sole

Old French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sōlus.

Alternative forms

• seul, soul, sul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsou̯l/

Adjective

sol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sole)

1. alone

Derived terms

• solement

Descendants

• French: seul
• → English: sole

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin solidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/

Noun

sol oblique singular, m (oblique plural sous or sox or sols, nominative singular sous or sox or sols, nominative plural sol)

1. sol (an Old French coin)

Descendants

• French: sou
• → English: sol

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlus (“alone”).

Adverb

sol

1. only; just; no more than

Derived terms

• sol non
• sol que

 

Related terms

• soo

Etymology 2

From Latin sōl, sōlem (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. sun
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 423 (facsimile):

     Eſta primeira é de comel fez ó çeo. ⁊ á terra. ⁊ ó mar ⁊ o ſol. ⁊ á lũa. ⁊ as eſtrelas ⁊ todalas outras couſas q̇ ſon. ⁊ como fez ó ome áſa ſemellança

     This first one is (about) how He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else that exists. And how (He) made man in His own likeness.

Descendants

• Fala: sol
• Galician: sol
• Portuguese: Sol (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 3

Verb

sol

1. third-person singular present indicative of soer

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sōl.

Proper noun

sol m

1. Sun (celestial object)

Related terms

• solelh

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sōl”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 23

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Noun

sōl f

1. sun

Declension

Declension of sol (strong ō-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sōl	sōlin	sōlar	sōlarnar, sōlanar
accusative	sōl	sōlina	sōlar	sōlarnar, sōlanar
dative	sōl, sōlo	sōlinni, sōlinne	sōlum, sōlom	sōlumin, sōlomen
genitive	sōlar	sōlarinnar	sōla	sōlanna

Descendants

• Swedish: sol

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin sōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sul/

Noun

sol m

1. sun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔw/ [ˈsɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/ [ˈsɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/ [ˈsɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Homophone: Sol
• Hyphenation: sol

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sol, from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Noun

sol m (plural sóis)

1. sun (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)
2. sunshine (a location on which the sun's rays fall)
4. (uncountable) weather (the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)

   O sol frio de inverno.

   Winter's cold weather.

Derived terms

• solzinho (diminutive)
• solinho (diminutive)
• solzão (augmentative)
• solão (augmentative) (Brazil)

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: sol
• Kabuverdianu: sol
• Papiamentu: sol

Etymology 2

From Latin solve in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

sol m (plural sóis)

1. sol (a musical note)

Etymology 3

From English sol.

Noun

sol m (plural sóis)

1. (chemistry, physics) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

Further reading

• “sol” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”), French sol.

Noun

sol n (plural soluri)

1. the lowest part of something; bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
2. the floor or pavement of a room
3. ground, earth, land, soil
4. (gymnastics) an event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sol	solul		soluri	solurile
genitive-dative	sol	solului		soluri	solurilor
vocative	solule			solurilor

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sъlъ, compare Slovene sel.

Noun

sol m (plural soli)

1. messenger
2. envoy

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sol	solul		soli	solii
genitive-dative	sol	solului		soli	solilor
vocative	solule			solilor

Further reading

• sol in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnian, Serbian): sȏ

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare Solyanka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôːl/

Noun

sȏl f (Cyrillic spelling со̑л)

1. (Croatia) salt

Declension

Declension of sol

	singular	plural
nominative	so, sol	soli
genitive	soli	soli
dative	soli	solima
accusative	sol	soli
vocative	soli	soli
locative	soli	solima
instrumental	solju, soli	solima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sóːʋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

sọ̑ł f

1. salt (a common substance)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	sól
gen. sing.	solí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sól	solí	solí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	solí	solí	solí
dative (dajȃlnik)	sóli	soléma	solém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sól	solí	solí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sóli	soléh	soléh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	soljó	soléma	solmí

Further reading

• “sol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sol”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/ [ˈsol]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Germany):

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: sol

Etymology 1

From Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The Peruvian currency makes reference to the meaning "sun", but is a shortening from Latin solidus.

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

1. sun
2. sunlight
3. sunny side (of a place)

   Antonym: sombra

   quítate del sol ― get out of the sun

4. daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset)

   Antonym: noche

5. sol (a unit of currency, currently used in Peru)

Derived terms

• a la caída del sol
• anteojos de sol
• asolar
• asolear
• clave de sol
• de sol a sol
• gafas de sol
• hacer brindis al sol
• mijo del sol
• parasol
• perca sol
• puesta de sol
• reloj de sol
• rocío del sol
• sacar los trapitos al sol
• salga el sol por Antequera
• salga el sol por donde quiera
• ser un sol
• sol de justicia
• sol y sombra
• solana
• soleado
• tendido de sol
• tomar el sol

 

Related terms

• solar
• solárium

 

Etymology 2

From Latin solve in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

sol m (uncountable)

1. sol (a musical note)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English sol.

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

1. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

Further reading

• “sol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• los

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sōl, from Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/

• Audio:

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Noun

sol c

1. (often in the definite singular) sun (star the Earth revolves around)

   jorden kretsar kring solen

   the Earth revolves around the sun

2. a sun (star, especially when seen as the center of a solar system)

   Synonym: stjärna

3. sun (sunshine)

   Synonym: solsken

4. (figuratively) a sun ((person who is a) source of joy)

   solen i mitt liv

   the sun of my life

5. (music) sol

Declension

Declension of sol

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sol	sols
	definite	solen	solens
plural	indefinite	solar	solars
	definite	solarna	solarnas

Derived terms

• aftonsol
• bisol
• höstsol
• kvällssol
• middsagssol
• midnattssol (“midnight sun”)
• morgonsol
• sol och vår
• sol-och-vår-man
• sol-och-våra
• sol-och-vårare
• sola (“to sunbathe”)
• solarisk
• solarium (“solarium”)
• solarplexus
• solbad
• solbada
• solbadare (“sunbather”)
• solbadd
• solbana
• solbatteri
• solbelyst
• solbestrålning
• solblank
• solblekt
• solblind
• solbländad
• solblänk
• solbrillor
• solbrynt
• solbränd
• solbränna (“sunburn, suntan”)
• solcell (“solar cell”)
• solchans
• solcykel
• soldag
• soldis
• soldriven
• soldrucken
• soldräkt
• soldränkt
• soldyrkan
• soldyrkare
• soldäck
• soleksem
• solenergi
• solfattig
• solfjäder (“fan”)
• solflimmer
• solfläck
• solflöde
• solfångare (“solar thermal collector”)
• solförmörkelse (“solar eclipse”)
• solgass
• solgassig
• solgata
• solglasögon (“sunglasses”)
• solglimt
• solglitter
• solglänsande
• solgud
• solgul
• solgård
• solhatt
• solhet
• solhetta
• solhjul
• solhjälm
• solhöjd
• solig (“sunny”)
• solinstrålning
• solkanon
• solkatt
• solklar
• solklänning
• solkraft
• solkräm
• solkult
• solkurva
• solliv
• solljus (“sunlight; sun”)
• sollös
• solmogen
• solmättad
• solnedgång (“sunset”)
• solning
• solochvåra
• solochvårare
• solochvårman
• sololja
• solpanel
• solparasoll
• solreflex
• solregn
• solros (“sunflower”)
• solrök
• solsemester
• solsida
• solsken
• solskiva
• solskott
• solskydd
• solsnibb
• solstek
• solstekt
• solsting
• solstol
• solstrimma
• solstråle (“ray of sunlight”)
• solstrålning
• solstånd
• solsystem (“solar system”)
• solsäng
• soltak
• soltempel
• solterrass
• soltimma
• soltimme
• soltorka
• soltorkning
• soltält
• soltörstande
• soluppgång (“sunrise”)
• solur
• solvarg
• solvarm
• solvarv
• solventil
• solvind (“solar wind”)
• solvisare
• solvända
• solvärmd
• solvärme
• solår
• solöga
• sommarsolstånd
• vintersolstånd
• vädersol

 

References

• sol in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• los

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian سال (sāl).

Noun

sol

1. year

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English shoulder.

Noun

sol

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Etymology 2

From English salt.

Noun

sol

1. salt

Derived terms

• solwara (“sea, ocean; saltwater, brine”)

 

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صول (sol, “left”), from Proto-Turkic *sōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soɫ]
• Hyphenation: sol

• Audio:

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Noun

sol (definite accusative solu, plural sollar)

1. left

Antonyms

• sağ

Etymology 2

Verb

sol

1. second-person singular imperative of solmak

Etymology 3

From French sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sol]

Noun

sol (definite accusative solü, plural soller)

1. (music) sol

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soola.

Noun

sol

1. salt

Declension

Inflection of sol (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	sol
genitive sing.	solan
partitive sing.	solad
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	sol	—
accusative	solan	—
genitive	solan	—
partitive	solad	—
essive-instructive	solan	—
translative	solaks	—
inessive	solas	—
elative	solaspäi	—
illative	solaha solha	—
adessive	solal	—
ablative	solalpäi	—
allative	solale	—
abessive	solata	—
comitative	solanke	—
prolative	soladme	—
approximative I	solanno	—
approximative II	solannoks	—
egressive	solannopäi	—
terminative I	solahasai solhasai	—
terminative II	solalesai	—
terminative III	solassai	—
additive I	solahapäi solhapäi	—
additive II	solalepäi	—

Volapük

Noun

sol (nominative plural sols)

1. sun

Declension

declension of sol

	singular	plural
nominative	sol	sols
genitive	sola	solas
dative	sole	soles
accusative	soli	solis
vocative 1	o sol!	o sols!
predicative 2	solu	solus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zazaki

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).

Noun

sol

1. salt