sole

See also Sole, sołe, søle, and solę

English

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Pronunciation

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• (RP) IPA: /səʊl/, SAMPA: /s@Ul/
• (US) enPR: sōl, IPA: /soʊl/, SAMPA: /soUl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl
• Homophones: soul, Seoul

Etymology 1

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sāl (“a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar”), from Proto-Germanic *sailan, *sailaz (“rope, cable”), *sailō (“noose, rein, bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (“to tie to, tie together”). Cognate with Scots sale, saile (“halter, collar”), Dutch zeel (“rope, cord, strap”), German Seil (“rope, cable, wire”), Icelandic seil (“a string, line”).

Noun

sole (plural soles)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English sol (“mire, miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulan (“mire, wallow, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian soal (“ditch”), Dutch sol (“water and mud filled pit”), German Suhle (“mire, wallow”), Norwegian saula, søyla (“mud puddle”). More at soil.

Alternative forms

• soal

Noun

sole (plural soles)

1. (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Etymology 3

From earlier sowle (“to pull by the ear”). Origin unknown. Perhaps from sow (“female pig”) +‎ -le, as in the phrase "take a sow by the wrong ear", or from Middle English sole (“rope”). See above.

Alternative forms

• soal, sowl

Verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Etymology 4

From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solw-, *salw-, *slōw- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.

Adjective

sole (not comparable)

1. only
2. (law) unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

Translations

only

Armenian: միակ (hy) (miak) Czech: jediný (cs) m. Dutch: enig (nl) Esperanto: sola (eo) Finnish: ainoa (fi) French: unique (fr) m. and f., seul (fr) m., seule (fr) f. German: einzig (de) Greek: μόνος (el) (mónos) m., μοναδικός (el) (monadikós) m., αποκλειστικός (el) (apokleistikós) m.

Hungarian: egyetlen (hu) Italian: unico (it) m., unica (it) f., solo (it) m., sola (it) f. Norwegian: eneste (no) Romanian: singur (ro) Slovak: jediný (sk) m., jediná (sk) f., jediné (sk) n., plural: jediní m., jediné f. & n. Spanish: solo (es) m., sola (es) f. Swedish: enda (sv)

unmarried; widowed

Armenian: միայնակ (hy) (miaynak) Dutch: alleenstaand (nl), ongetrouwd (nl) Esperanto: needziĝita (eo) Finnish: unmarried: naimaton adj widowed: leski noun German: alleinstehend (de) Greek: άγαμος (el) (ágamos) m.

Hungarian: (unmarried) hajadon (hu), (widowed) özvegy (hu) Norwegian: singel (no), enslig (no) Slovak: unmarried: slobodný m., slobodná f.; widowed: ovdovený adj, (vdovec noun) m., ovdovená adj, (vdova noun) f.; Swedish: ensamstående (sv)

Etymology 5

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu (“shoe, sandal, sole”), from Proto-Germanic *sulô, *suljō (“sandal, shoe, sole”), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil.

Noun

sole (plural soles)

The male sole

1. The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
2. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
3. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.

Synonyms

• (bottom of the foot): planta (medical term)

Derived terms

• insole
• midsole
• outsole

Translations

bottom of the foot

Belarusian: падэшва (be) Catalan: planta del peu (ca) f. Czech: chodidlo (cs) n. Dutch: zool (nl), voetzool (nl) Esperanto: plando (eo) Finnish: jalkapohja (fi) French: plante (fr) f., plante du pied (fr) f. German: Fußsohle (de) f. Greek: πέλμα (el) (pélma) n. Hungarian: talp (hu) Icelandic: il (is) f. Italian: pianta (it) f. Korean: 발바닥 (ko) Latin: planta (la)

Luxembourgish: Fousssuel (lb) f. Norwegian: fotsåle (no) m. Polish: podeszwa (pl) f. Portuguese: sola (pt) f., planta do pé (pt) f. Russian: подошва (ru) (podóšva) f. Scottish Gaelic: bonn (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: та̀бан (sh) m., поплaт (sh) m., потплaт (sh) m. Roman: tàban (sh) m., poplat (sh) m., potplat (sh) m. Slovak: chodidlo (sk) n., podošva f., šľapa f. Spanish: planta (es) f., planta del pie (es) f. Swedish: fotsula (sv), sula (sv) c. Volapük: futaplant (vo)

bottom of a shoe or boot

Catalan: sola (ca) f. Czech: podrážka (cs) f. Dutch: zool (nl) m., schoenzool (nl) m. Finnish: pohja (fi), antura (fi) French: semelle (fr) f. German: Sohle (de) f. Greek: σόλα (el) (sóla) f. Hungarian: cipőtalp (hu) Icelandic: sóli (is) m., skósóli (is) m. Italian: suola (it) f. Norwegian: såle (no) m.

Polish: podeszwa (pl) f. Portuguese: sola (pt) f. Russian: подошва (ru) (podóšva) f. Scottish Gaelic: bonn (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ђон (sh) m. Roman: đon (sh) m. Slovak: podošva f., Spanish: suela (es) f. Swedish: sula (sv), skosula (sv) Volapük: sömäl (vo), jukasömäl (vo), butasömäl (vo), gumasömäl (vo)

fish

Arabic: Morocco: صول (ṣol) Dutch: tong (nl) m. and f., zeetong (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: soleo (eo) Finnish: meriantura (fi) French: sole (fr) f. German: Seezunge (de) f. Greek: γλώσσα (el) (glóssa) f. Hungarian: nyelvhal (hu) Ido: soleo (io)

Italian: sogliola (it) f. Norwegian: sjøtunge (no) f. Polish: sola (pl) f. Portuguese: solha (pt) f. Russian: морской язык (morskój jazýk) Spanish: lenguado (es) m. Swedish: sula (sv) Volapük: (male or female) sölit (vo), (male) hisölit (vo), (female) jisölit (vo), (male or female offspring, young) sölitül (vo)

Verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

1. (transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)

Derived terms

• resole

Translations

put a sole on (a shoe or boot)

Dutch: zolen (nl) Esperanto: replandumi (eo) Finnish: anturoida French: ressemeler (fr) German: besohlen (de) Hungarian: talpal (hu)

Norwegian: såle (no) Polish: podzelować (pl) Russian: подбить новые подмётки (ru) Serbo-Croatian: pođoniti (sh) Swedish: sula (sv)

Anagrams

• ESOL
• Leos
• lose
• sloe

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Danish

Noun

sole c.

1. plural indefinite of sol

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Esperanto

Adverb

sole

1. solely

Related terms

• sola

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French

Etymology

Popular Latin *sola, from Latin solea.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔl/

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Noun

sole f. (plural soles)

1. sole (fish)

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈsole]

Etymology 1

Latin sol, solem.

Noun

sole m. (plural soli)

1. sun

Related terms

• assolato
• girasole
• insolazione
• occhiali da sole
• parasole
• prendisole
• sistema solare
• solare
• solatio
• soleggiare
• solleone
• solstizio

See also

• alba
• eclisse solare
• elio-
• stella
• tramonto

Etymology 2

Inflected forms

Adjective

sole f.

1. Feminine plural form of solo

Noun

sole f.

1. Plural form of sola.

Anagrams

• leso

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Latin

Etymology 1

See sōl.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsoː.le/, SAMPA: /"so:.le/

Noun

sōle

1. ablative singular of sōl

Etymology 2

See sōlus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsoː.le/, SAMPA: /"so:.le/

Adjective

sōle

1. vocative masculine singular of sōlus

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Alternative forms

• soul
• seul

Etymology

Latin solus, sola

Adjective

sole m. and f. (plural soles)

1. alone

Derived terms

• solement

Descendants

• English: sole
• French: seul

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Noun

sole

1. nominative plural of sól
2. accusative plural of sól
3. vocative plural of sól
4. nominative plural of sola
5. accusative plural of sola
6. vocative plural of sola
7. nominative plural of sol
8. accusative plural of sol
9. vocative plural of sol