solen

See also: Solen

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).

Noun

solen (plural solens)

1. (medicine) A cradle, as for a broken limb.
2. (zoology) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera; a razor shell.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “solen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Elson, Lenos, Noles, Olsen, Slone, enols, lenos, noels, noles, nosel, nosle, noëls

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Catalan

Verb

solen

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Danish

Noun

solen c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of sol

Proper noun

solen

1. Sun (the star at the center of our solar system)

Alternative forms

• Solen

Further reading

• solen on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.leːn/, [ˈs̠oːɫ̪eːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.len/, [ˈsɔːlen]

Noun

sōlēn m (genitive sōlēnis); third declension

1. a kind of sea-mussel, the razor-fish
2. (Late Latin) pipe, tube

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōlēn	sōlēnēs
Genitive	sōlēnis	sōlēnum
Dative	sōlēnī	sōlēnibus
Accusative	sōlēnem	sōlēnēs
Ablative	sōlēne	sōlēnibus
Vocative	sōlēn	sōlēnēs

Synonyms

• (pipe, tube): tubus

References

• “solen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “solen”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sola

Noun

solen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of sol

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Swedish

Noun

solen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of sol