solde

See also: soldé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔld/

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Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed, with influence from the second etymology, from Italian saldo, from saldare.

Noun

solde m (plural soldes)

1. (finance) balance (list of credits and debits)
2. sale (discount period in e.g. a shop)

Etymology 2

From Middle French solde, soulde, borrowed from Italian soldo (“money, pay or salary for a soldier”), from Latin soldus (“solid”), an optional syncope from solidus.

Doublet of sou and solide.

Noun

solde f (plural soldes)

1. pay of a soldier or other military person

Related terms

• solder

Etymology 3

Verb

solde

1. first-person singular present indicative of solder
2. third-person singular present indicative of solder
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of solder
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of solder
5. second-person singular imperative of solder

Further reading

• “solde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) solde

1. vocative masculine singular of soldus

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Portuguese

Verb

solde