sole
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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audio (US) (file) - (RP) IPA: /səʊl/, X-SAMPA: /s@Ul/
- (US) enPR: sōl, IPA: /soʊl/, X-SAMPA: /soUl/
- Rhymes: -əʊl
- Homophones: soul, Seoul
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sāl (“a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar”), from Proto-Germanic *sailą, *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”). Non-Germanic cognate include Albanian dell (“sinew, vein”).
Noun [edit]
sole (plural soles)
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English, from Old English sol (“mire, miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
sole (plural soles)
Etymology 3 [edit]
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 [edit]
Verb [edit]
sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
Etymology 4 [edit]
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 [edit]
sole (not comparable)
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Etymology 5 [edit]
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 [edit]
sole (plural soles)
- The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
- The bottom of a shoe or boot.
- Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
Synonyms [edit]
- (bottom of the foot): planta (medical term)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
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Verb [edit]
sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)
- (transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
Derived terms [edit]
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Danish [edit]
Noun [edit]
sole c
- plural indefinite of sol
Esperanto [edit]
Adverb [edit]
sole
Related terms [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Popular Latin *sola, from Latin solea.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
sole f (plural soles)
- sole (fish)
Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈsole]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin sōl, solem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
Noun [edit]
sole m (plural soli)
Related terms [edit]
- assolato
- girasole
- insolazione
- occhiali da sole
- parasole
- prendisole
- sistema solare
- solare
- solatio
- soleggiare
- solleone
- solstizio
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Inflected forms
Adjective [edit]
sole f
- feminine plural form of solo
Noun [edit]
sole f
- Plural form of sola
Anagrams [edit]
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
sole f (plural soles)
Latin [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
See sōl.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
sōle
- ablative singular of sōl
Etymology 2 [edit]
See sōlus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sōle
- vocative masculine singular of sōlus
Neapolitan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sol.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /'solɐ/
Noun [edit]
sole m
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin solus, sola
Adjective [edit]
sole m and f (plural soles)
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Polish [edit]
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Noun [edit]
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