sol

See also: Sol and Appendix:Variations of "sol"

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• so, soh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒl/
• enPR: sōl, IPA^(key): /soʊl/
• Homophones: soul, sole (US)

Noun

sol (uncountable)

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

Translations

fifth note of a major scale

• Arabic: سُول m (sūl), سُول m (sol)
• Basque: sol (eu)
• Catalan: sol (ca) m
• Dutch: sol (nl) m
• Finnish: sol (fi), so (fi)
• French: sol (fr) m
• Galician: sol (gl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: σολ (el) n (sol)
• Japanese: ソル (soru), ソ (ja) (so)
• Korean: 솔 (ko) (sol)
• Portuguese: sol (pt) m
• Romanian: sol (ro) m
• Russian: соль (ru) f (solʹ)
• Spanish: sol (es) m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sol (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒl/

Noun

sol (plural sols)

1. (astronomy) A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
   • 2014, Andy Weir, The Martian, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN:

     A sol is 39 minutes longer than a day, so it works out to be 1425 days.

   • 2014, Gerard 't Hooft, Stefan Vandoren, Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales, World Scientific Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 25:

     88,775 seconds = 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds

     The duration of a synodic day on Mars, a 'sol'

Translations

Martian solar day

• Finnish: Marsin päivä
• Norwegian: marsdøgn n or n pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: марсиа́нские су́тки f pl (marsiánskije sútki)

See also

• Sol
• yestersol

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒl/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

sol (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.
   • (Can we date this quote?), M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana:

     Three days after, the Great Sun, his brother, sent me another deer-skin of the same oil, to the quantity of forty pints. The most common sort sold this year at twenty sols a pint, and I was sure mine was not of the worst kind.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of solution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːl/, /sɒl/, /soʊl/

Noun

sol (plural sols)

1. (physical chemistry) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
2. (archaic) A solution to an objection (or "ob"), in old books of controversial divinity.

Translations

type of colloid

• Catalan: sol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溶膠／溶胶 (zh) (róngjiāo), 溶胶 (zh) (róngjiāo)

• Finnish: sooli (fi)
• French: sol (fr) m
• Galician: sol (gl) m
• German: Sol (de) n
• Hungarian: szol
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ゾル (zoru)
• Romanian: sol (ro) n
• Russian: золь (ru) m (zolʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сол

  Roman: sol (sh)

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

Derived terms

• aerosol

Etymology 5

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Old French sol, from Latin solidus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːl/, /sɒl/

Noun

sol (plural sols)

1. (historical) An old French coin worth 12 deniers.

Anagrams

• LOS, OLS, SLO, los'

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

sol m

1. under the

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		сол
Abjad		سوُل

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soɫ]

Noun

sol (definite accusative solnu, 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”)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

sol m

1. (astronomy) the Sun

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. (astronomy) a sun
2. (money) sol (unit of currency used by Peru)

Derived terms

• sol coronat
• sol ixent
• sol ponent

 

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

From Latin sōlus (“solitary”).

Adjective

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

1. alone
2. unique

Derived terms

• a soles
• solet

Etymology 5

Verb

sol

Further reading

• “sol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish sol (“sun”).

Noun

sol

1. sun

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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]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Verb

sol

1. second-person singular imperative of solit

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sól (“sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sōwulą, *sōwulō (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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. (deprecated template usage) 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

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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.

Anagrams

• los

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin solum (“soil, ground, floor”).

Noun

sol m (plural sols)

1. soil, earth
2. ground
3. floor

Derived terms

• sous-sol

 

Etymology 2

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

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.

Etymology 3

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

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

(deprecated template usage)

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.

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.

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Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s̺ol]

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 (time between sunrise and sunset)

Antonyms

• (sunlight): sombra
• (sunny side): sombra
• (daylight): noite

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s̺ol]

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

1. (music) sol (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

Borrowed from English sol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s̺ɔl]

Noun

sol m (plural soles)

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

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:DDLG
• “sol” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “sol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese sol. Cognates with Kabuverdianu sol.

Noun

sol

1. sun

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Indonesian

Noun

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

1. sole (of the foot)

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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

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Italian

Noun

sol m (uncountable)

1. sol (musical note, colloid)
2. G (musical note and key)
3. Apocopic form of sole

Adjective

sol

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

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese sol.

Verb

sol

1. sun

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Kurdish

Noun

1. shoe

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Ladino

Noun

1. sun

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swōl, from pre-Italic *sh₂wōl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old English sōl, Old Norse sól, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil), Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर (sūra).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

sōl m (genitive sōlis); third declension

1. sun
   • Catullus, Carmina V; lines 4-6

     Soles occidere et redire possunt
     Nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux
     Nox est perpetua una dormienda

     Suns are able to set and rise again
     But with us, once this brief light ends
     There is endless night for us to sleep

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōl	sōlēs
Genitive	sōlis	sōlum
Dative	sōlī	sōlibus
Accusative	sōlem	sōlēs
Ablative	sōle	sōlibus
Vocative	sōl	sōlēs

Derived terms

• sōlāris

 

Descendants

• Aragonese: sol
• Aromanian: soari
• Breton: Sul
• Cornish: howl
• Corsican: soli
• Dalmatian: saul
• Franco-Provençal: soley
• Old French: soleil
  • Middle French: soleil
    • French: soleil
• Friulian: soreli
• Gallurese: soli
• Istriot: sul
• Istro-Romanian: sore
• Italian: sole
• Ladin: surëdl
• Norman: solé (Jersey), soleil (Guernsey)
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: sol
  • Extremaduran: sol
  • Leonese: sol
  • Mirandese: sol
• Neapolitan: sole
• Old Galician-Portuguese: sol
  • Fala: sol
  • Galician: sol
  • Portuguese: sol
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: sol
    • Kabuverdianu: sol
    • Papiamentu: solo
• Old Occitan: sol; solelh
  • Catalan: sol
  • Occitan: solelh
• Piedmontese: sol
• Romanian: soare
• Romansch: sulegl, sulagl, sulai
• Sassarese: sori
• Sardinian: sole, sobi, soi, soli
• Sicilian: suli
• Spanish: sol
• Tarantino: sole
• Venetian: sołe
• Walloon: solea, slo
• Welsh: Sul

References

• “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.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the sun rises, sets: sol oritur, occidit
    
  • the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
    
  • the sun burns, scorches: sol ardet, urit
    
  • to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
    
  • (ambiguous) sunrise; sunset: ortus, occasus solis
    
  • (ambiguous) an eclipse of the sun: solis defectio
    
  • (ambiguous) to be dried up by the sun's heat: ardore solis torreri
    
  • (ambiguous) the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    
  • (ambiguous) to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
    
  • (ambiguous) this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius
    
• “sol”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sol”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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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 (“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

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Middle English

Etymology

From Latin sōl (“the sun”), or perhaps from Old English sōl (“the 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.
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.

Synonyms

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

References

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/
• IPA^(key): [suːɽ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōwulą, *sōwulō (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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

Terms derived from sol (sun)

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

 

Related terms

• sole (verb)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Latin solutio

Noun

sol m

1. solution

Derived terms

• aerosol

Etymology 3

Verb

sol

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of sole

References

• “sol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/
• IPA^(key): [suːɽ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōwulą, *sōwulō (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Noun

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

1. sun

   Sola skin i dag.

   The sun shines today.

2. sunshine

   Det er sol ute.

   There is sunshine outside.

Derived terms

• kveldsol, kveldssol
• midnattssol
• sola/sole
• solbrille
• solbrun
• solcelle
• solemerke
• solenergi
• solfaktor
• solformørking
• solhatt
• solkrem
• solkverv
• solnedgang
• soloppgang
• solrik
• solsikke
• solskin
• solskjerm
• solslyng
• solstikk
• solstråle
• solsystem
• soltime
• solur
• solvarme
• vårsol

 

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Latin solutio

Noun

sol m

1. solution

Derived terms

• aerosol

References

• “sol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sōwulą, *sōwulō (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewol-, *sóh₂wl̥. Akin to Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *suwen- (“sun”). Akin to Old Norse sól, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil, “sun”), Old English sunne, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Old High German sunna (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːl/

Noun

sōl n

1. sun
2. the Sun

Declension

Declension of sol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sōl	sōl
accusative	sōl	sōl
genitive	sōles	sōla
dative	sōle	sōlum

Synonyms

• siġel, sweġl

Etymology 2

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. a 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, sylian
• solu, syle, sylen

Descendants

• 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

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin solus, sola.

Alternative forms

• seul
• soul
• sul

Adjective

sol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sole)

1. alone

Derived terms

• solement (adv)

Descendants

• → English: sole
• French: seul

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin solidus.

Noun

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

1. sol; Old French coin

Descendants

• → English: sol
• French: sou

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sōl.

Proper noun

sol m

1. Sun (celestial object)

Synonyms

• solelh

Descendants

• Catalan: sol

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sōl”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 23

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

Noun

sol m

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

Etymology 3

Verb

sol

1. third-person singular present indicative of soer

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōwulō.

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɫ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔw/
• Hyphenation: sol
• Rhymes: -ɔw

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sol m (plural sóis)

1. sun
2. sunshine (a location on which the sun's rays fall)
4. (uncountable) weather (state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)

   O sol frio de inverno.

   Winter's cold weather.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sol m (plural sóis)

1. sol (musical note)

Further reading

• Template:R:DAN

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sъlъ, compare Slovene sel.

Noun

sol m (plural soli)

1. messenger
2. envoy

Declension

Declension of sol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sol	solul	(niște) soli	solii
genitive/dative	(unui) sol	solului	(unor) soli	solilor
vocative	solule		solilor

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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

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sóːʋ/

Noun

sọ̑ł f

1. salt (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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol/ [ˈsol]

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)

   quítate del sol

   go away from sunny side

   Antonym: sombra

4. daylight (time between sunrise and sunset)

   Antonym: noche

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

Derived terms

• clave de sol
• de sol a sol
• gafas de sol
• hacer brindis al sol
• parasol
• puesta de sol
• rayo de sol
• reloj de sol
• sacar los trapitos al sol
• salga el sol por Antequera
• salga el sol por donde quiera
• sol de justicia
• sol y sombra
• solana
• soleado

 

Related terms

• solar
• solárium

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sol m (uncountable)

1. sol (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sōl, from Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōwulō, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːl/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

sol c

1. sun
2. (by extension) a star, especially when one considers things in its surroundings.

Declension

Declension of sol
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sol	solen	solar	solarna
Genitive	sols	solens	solars	solarnas

Derived terms

• aftonsol
• höstsol
• kvällssol
• middsagssol
• 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 Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• los

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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”)

 

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Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic sol, from Proto-Turkic *sōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔɫ]

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): [sɔlʲ]

Noun

sol

1. (music) sol

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Veps

Etymology

From .

Noun

sol

1. salt

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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

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From from , *sōwulō, from .

Noun

1. The Sun.

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Zazaki

Noun

sol

1. salt