solstice

English

Wikipedia

Illumination of Earth by Sun at the southern solstice.

Etymology

From Latin solstitium, from sol (“sun”) + stitium (“stand”) (as in English solar and resist), from sistō (“I stand still”), both from Proto-Indo-European roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɒl.stɪs/

Noun

solstice (plural solstices)

1. One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
   • 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.

     For all men begin, as we said, by wondering that things are as they are, as they do about self‐moving marionettes, or about the solstices or the incommensurability of the diagonal of a square with the side;

Derived terms

• summer solstice
• winter solstice
• solstitial

Related terms

• equinox

Translations

point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun

• Armenian: արևադարձ (hy) (arevadardz)
• Bulgarian: слънцестоéне (bg) (slǎncestoéne) n
• Catalan: solstici (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 至日 (cmn) (zhìrì), 至點 (cmn), 至点 (cmn) (zhìdiǎn), 冬至 (cmn) (dōngzhì) (winter solstice), 夏至 (cmn) (xiàzhì) (summer solstice)

• Czech: slunovrat (cs) m
• Dutch: zonnewende (nl) f, zonnestilstand (nl) m
• Esperanto: solstico (eo)
• Finnish: päivänseisaus (fi)
• French: solstice (fr) m
• German: Sonnenwende (de) f
• Greek: ηλιοστάσιο (el) (iliostásio) n
• Hungarian: napforduló (hu)
• Icelandic: sólstöður (is) f pl, sólhvörf (is) n pl

• Irish: grianstad (ga) m
• Italian: solstizio (it) m
• Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji) (winter solstice), 夏至 (ja) (げし, geshi) (summer solstice)
• Lithuanian: saulėgrįža (lt) f
• Navajo: shá niighááh, shá niiltłʼah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solverv (nb) n

  Nynorsk: solkverv (nn) m

• Polish: przesilenie n
• Portuguese: solstício (pt) m
• Romanian: solstițiu n, solstițiul verii n, solstițiul iernii n
• Russian: солнцестояние (ru) (solncestojánije) n
• Serbian: suncostaj m
• Spanish: solsticio (es) m
• Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) (the longest day), vintersolstånd (sv) (the shortest day)

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔl.stis/

Etymology

Latin solstitium

Noun

solstice m (plural solstices)

1. (astronomy) solstice

Derived terms

• solstice d'été
• solstice d'hiver