Sol
See also: sol and Appendix:Variations of "sol"
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɒl/
- (US) IPA(key): /soʊl/
- Rhymes: -ɒl, -əʊl
- (US only, and Estuary English) Homophones: sole, soul
Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
Sol
- (poetic, science fiction) The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
- (Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
- (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
- (nonce word) A male given name
- 2017 March 1st, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics” in the Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:
- Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.
- 2017 March 1st, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics” in the Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:
- (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Gold.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Roman sun god
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Etymology 2Edit
Shortening.
Proper nounEdit
Sol
- A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- “Chock full o’ science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was! Sol Gills, Sol Gills, what have you been up to, for this many a long day, my ould boy?”
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sol m
Related termsEdit
GermanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist where all note names were taken from.
NounEdit
Sol n (strong, genitive Sols, plural Sole)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Sol [neuter, strong]
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
Sol n (strong, genitive Sols, plural Sole)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Sol [neuter, strong]
Further readingEdit
- “Sol” in Duden online
- “Sol (Lösung)” in Duden online
- “Sol (Währungseinheit)” in Duden online
- “Sol (Gott)” in Duden online
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
The same word as sōl (“sun”), taken as a proper noun.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sōl m sg (genitive Sōlis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sōl |
Genitive | Sōlis |
Dative | Sōlī |
Accusative | Sōlem |
Ablative | Sōle |
Vocative | Sōl |
ReferencesEdit
- Sol in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
Sol (uncountable)
- the Sun.
- 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, Lines 273-276:
- Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe, Mars iren, Mercurie quyksilver we clepe, Saturnus leed, and Juppiter is tyn, And Venus coper, by my fader kyn!
- 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, Lines 273-276:
PlautdietschEdit
NounEdit
Sol f (plural Sole)
- sole (of a shoe)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sōlem (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sol m
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
Sol m
- the Sun
Etymology 2Edit
Proper nounEdit
Sol f
- Clipping of Soledad.
SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sol c (genitive Sols)
- Norse god Sol