solar

See also: Solar, sólar, and sölar

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sōl'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊlɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English solar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Adjective

solar (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun
   • solar light
   • solar rays
   • solar influence
2. (astrology, obsolete) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     and proud beside, as solar people are

3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.

   • 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid.

Synonyms

• sunly

Derived terms

Pages starting with “solar”.

Derived terms

• antisolar
• extrasolar
• lunisolar
• solar battery
• solar calendar
• solar cell
• solar collector
• solar constant
• solar corona
• solar cycle
• solar day
• solar eclipse
• solar energy
• solar engine
• solar flare
• solar flower
• solar lamp
• solar maculation
• solar microscope
• solar mass
• solar month
• solar oil
• solar panel
• solar phosphori
• solar plexus
• solar power
• solar prominence
• solar radiation
• solar spots
• solar system
• solar telegraph
• solar telescope
• solar time
• solar tracker
• solar wind
• solar year
• solarize
• subsolar
• tough solar

Translations

of or pertaining to the sun

• Arabic: شَمْسِيّ (šamsiyy)
• Armenian: արևային (arewayin), արեգակնային (hy) (aregaknayin)
• Asturian: solar
• Belarusian: со́нечны (sónječny)
• Bulgarian: слъ̀нчев (bg) (slǎ̀nčev)
• Catalan: solar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太陽的／太阳的 (zh), 太阳的 (zh) (tàiyáng de)

• Czech: solární (cs), sluneční (cs)
• Dutch: zonne- (nl)
• Esperanto: suna
• Finnish: aurinko-, auringon-
• French: solaire (fr)
• Galician: solar (gl)
• Georgian: მზის (mzis), მზიური (mziuri)
• German: solar (de), Sonnen- (de)
• Greek: ηλιακός (el) (iliakós)
• Hebrew: שִׁמְשִׁי (shimshi)
• Hindi: सौर (hi) (saur)
• Ido: sunala (io)
• Italian: solare (it)
• Kazakh: күн (kk) (kün)
• Kyrgyz: күн (ky) (kün)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: sōlāris (la)
• Macedonian: сончев (sončev)
• Malay: matahari (ms), suria, kemataharian, syamsi
• Norman: solaithe
• Occitan: solar (oc)
• Old English: sunlīċ
• Pashto: لمريز (ps) (lmariz)
• Persian: خورشیدی (fa) (xoršidi)
• Polish: słoneczny (pl)
• Portuguese: solar (pt)
• Romanian: solar (ro)
• Russian: со́лнечный (ru) (sólnečnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сунчев

  Roman: sunčev

• Slovak: slnečný (sk)
• Slovene: sončen (sl)
• Spanish: solar (es)
• Swedish: sol- (sv)
• Telugu: సౌర (te) (saura)
• Turkish: Güneş (tr)
• Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj)

See also

• day

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin solarium; and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.

Noun

solar (plural solars)

1. (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.

Translations

garret room

• Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} شَمسِي (Shamsee)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• “solar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “solar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “solar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Loars, Losar, Rosal, Slora, orals, soral

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Catalan

Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solars)

1. solar

Related terms

• sol

Further reading

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

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Galician

Solando ("soling")

Etymology 1

From sola (“sole”). Compare Portuguese solar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to sole
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:

     Iten por solar calças, des et seis branquas et dous coroados.

     Item, for soling stockings, sixteen white coins and two crowns

Related terms

• sola

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin solaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/

Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)

1. solar

Related terms

• sol

Further reading

• “solar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “solar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “solar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoˈlaːɐ̯/

• Audio

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Adjective

solar (not comparable)

1. solar

Derived terms

• Solaranlage
• Solarauto
• Solarbranche
• Solarenergie
• Solarflugzeug
• Solarheizung
• solarisch
• Solarium
• Solarkollektor
• Solarkonzern
• Solarluftschiff
• Solarmodul
• Solarstrom
• Solartechnik
• Solarthermie
• solarthermisch
• Solarwirtschaft
• Solarzelle

 

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ˈlaɾ/
• (Brazil)
  • (noun and adjective): IPA^(key): /so.ˈlaʁ/
  • (verb): IPA^(key): /so.ˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sōlāris (“solar”), corresponding to sol +‎ -ar.

Adjective

1. (astronomy) solar (relating to the Sun)
2. solar (relating to sunlight or solar energy)
3. (figurative) radiant (beaming with vivacity and happiness)

Synonyms

• (radiant): radiante, jovial

Etymology 2

From solo (“ground”) +‎ -ar

Noun

solar m (plural es)

1. mansion (large, luxurious house)

Synonyms

• mansão, palacete

Etymology 3

From solo (“solo”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

1. (music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)

Etymology 4

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

1. (sports, transitive) to hit someone with the sole of the shoe
2. (shoemaking, transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlar/

Adjective

solar m or n (feminine singular solară, masculine plural solari, feminine and neuter plural solare)

1. solar

Declension

Declension of solar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	solar		solară	solari	solare
	definite	solarul		solara	solarii	solarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	solar		solare	solari	solare
	definite	solarului		solarei	solarelor	solarilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sòlār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)

1. bullary worker

Declension

Declension of solar

	singular	plural
nominative	solar	solari
genitive	solara	solara
dative	solaru	solarima
accusative	solara	solare
vocative	solaru	solari
locative	solaru	solarima
instrumental	solarom	solarima

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From suelo (“ground”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin solum.

Noun

solar m (plural solares)

1. house (of a family), noble lineage
2. (Cuba) tenement house
3. ground, land

Verb

1. to pave
2. to sole a shoe

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sōlāris (“solar”).

Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solares)

1. solar

Derived terms

• antisolar
• colector solar
• eclipse solar
• erupción solar
• protuberancia solar
• reloj solar

Related terms

• sol

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Noun

solar

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of sol

Verb

solar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of sola.

Anagrams

• loars, sorla