solemn

English

Etymology

From Middle English solemne, from Old French solempne, from Late Latin sōlennis and sōlempnis, from Latin sōlemnis, from sollemnis (“ritual; festive, solemn, customary, celebrated at a fixed date”), from sollus (“entire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑləm/
• Hyphenation: sol‧emn

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Adjective

solemn (comparative more solemn, superlative most solemn)

1. Deeply serious and somber.
2. Somberly impressive.
3. Performed with great ceremony.
4. Sacred.
5. Gloomy or sombre.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• solemnity
• solemnize

• solemnly
• solemnness

Translations

deeply serious and somber

• Catalan: solemne (ca)
• Dutch: ernstig (nl)
• Finnish: vakava (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: ernst (de)
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• Korean: 숙연하다 (sugyeonhada)
• Latin: solemnis
• Romanian: serios (ro)
• Russian: серьёзный (ru) (serʹjóznyj)
• Spanish: solemne (es)

somberly impressive

• Finnish: vaikuttava (fi)
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• Romanian: solemn (ro)

performed with great ceremony

• Armenian: հանդիսական (hy) (handisakan)
• Catalan: solemne (ca)
• Dutch: plechtig (nl)
• Finnish: juhlallinen (fi), juhlava
• French: solennel (fr) m, solennelle (fr) f
• German: feierlich (de)
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• Latin: solemnis
• Polish: uroczysty (pl)
• Romanian: solemn (ro), solemn (ro)
• Russian: торже́ственный (ru) (toržéstvennyj)
• Spanish: solemne (es)

sacred

• Danish: højtidelig
• Finnish: pyhä (fi)
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• Russian: свято́й (ru) (svjatój), свяще́нный (ru) (svjaščénnyj)

gloomy or sombre

• Finnish: ankea (fi), synkkä (fi)
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• Russian: мра́чный (ru) (mráčnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} solennel (fr)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} საზეიმო (sazeimo)
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} solenne (it)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} svečan (sh) (3)

Anagrams

• Lemnos, Melson, Selmon, Smolen, lemons, melons, nmoles

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sollemnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlemn/

Adjective

solemn m or n (feminine singular solemnă, masculine plural solemni, feminine and neuter plural solemne)

1. solemn, grave, serious
2. impressive, exalted
3. festive, celebratory

Declension

Declension of solemn

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	solemn		solemnă	solemni	solemne
	definite	solemnul		solemna	solemnii	solemnele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	solemn		solemne	solemni	solemne
	definite	solemnului		solemnei	solemnilor	solemnelor

Synonyms

• (grave): grav, serios
• (festive): festiv, sărbătoresc