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sol

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Etymology 1

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From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),[1] Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.[2]

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sol (uncountable)

  2. (music)
    1. In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
    2. In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.
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Etymology 2

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From Old French sol (“French coin”) (modern French sou), from Latin solidum, the accusative singular of solidus (“Roman gold coin; (adjective) solid”),[3] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”). Doublet of sold, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

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sol (plural sols)

  1. (historical) An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.
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Etymology 3

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PIE word
*sóh₂wl̥

From Spanish sol (“sun”),[4] from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Doublet of Sol and sol, directly from the Latin.

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sol (plural sols or soles)

  1. (historical) A former Spanish-American silver coin.
    • 1763, [Antoine-Simon] Le Page du Pratz, “Of the Commerce that Is, and May Be, Carried Out in Louisiana. […]”, in [anonymous], transl., The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: […], volume I, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt […], →OCLC, page 336:
      The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.
  2. In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.
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Etymology 4

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From Latin sōl (“sun”);[5] see further at etymology 3. Doublet of sol from Spanish.

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sol (plural sols)

  2. (astronomy) A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
    • 2011, Andy Weir, chapter 3, in The Martian, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 18:
      I need to create calories. And I need enough to last the 1387 sols until Ares 4 arrives. If I don't get rescued by Ares 4, I'm dead anyway. A sol is 39 minutes longer than a day, so it works out to be 1425 days. That's my target: 1425 days of food.
    • 2014, Gerard ’t Hooft, Stefan Vandoren, “10⁵ Seconds = 100,000 Seconds = 1.16 days = 27.78 Hours”, in Saskia A. Eisberg-’t Hooft, transl., Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., →ISBN, part I, page 25:
      88,775 seconds = 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds / The duration of a synodic day on Mars, a ‘sol’
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Etymology 5

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Sense 1 (“type of colloid”) is derived from -sol (in words like alcosol and hydrosol), an abbreviation of solution.[6]

Sense 2 (“solution to an objection”) is derived directly from solution.[7]

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sol (plural sols)

  1. (physical chemistry) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
  2. (obsolete) A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Symptomes Generall, Loue to Their Owne Sect, Hate of All Other Religions, […]”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 4, member 1, subsection 3, page 524:
      [F]or that they had nothing elſe to doe, […] haue coyned a thouſand idle queſtions, nice diſtinctions, Obs and Sols, […]
    • [1677 (indicated as 1678), [Samuel Butler], “[The Third Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The Third and Last Part. […], London: […] Robert Horne, […], published 1679, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 165:
      Where Hinderſon, and th' other Maſſes / Were ſent to Cap Texts, and Put Caſes: / To paſs for deep, and Learned Scholars, / Although but Paltry, Ob-and-Sollers: […]]
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Etymology 6

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sol

  1. (informal, labour, leftism) Clipping of solidarity.
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  1. ^ “sol, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Compare “sol, n.2”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “sol1, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ^ “sol, n.3”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020.
  4. ^ “sol, n.5”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2018; “sol3, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  5. ^ “sol, n.7”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2018.
  6. ^ “sol, n.6”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2018; “sol2, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  7. ^ “† sol, n.4”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2021.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From a contraction of the preposition so (“under”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

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sol m

  1. (West) under the
  2. (Center and East) on the

Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic сол
Abjad سوُل

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sōl.

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sol (definite accusative solu, plural sollar)

  1. left
    küçənin sol tərəfi ― left side of the street

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Declension of sol
singular plural
nominative solsollar
definite accusative solusolları
dative solasollara
locative soldasollarda
ablative soldansollardan
definite genitive solunsolların
Possessive forms of sol
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) solum sollarım
sənin (“your”) solun solların
onun (“his/her/its”) solu solları
bizim (“our”) solumuz sollarımız
sizin (“your”) solunuz sollarınız
onların (“their”) solu or solları solları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) solumu sollarımı
sənin (“your”) solunu sollarını
onun (“his/her/its”) solunu sollarını
bizim (“our”) solumuzu sollarımızı
sizin (“your”) solunuzu sollarınızı
onların (“their”) solunu or sollarını sollarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) soluma sollarıma
sənin (“your”) soluna sollarına
onun (“his/her/its”) soluna sollarına
bizim (“our”) solumuza sollarımıza
sizin (“your”) solunuza sollarınıza
onların (“their”) soluna or sollarına sollarına
locative
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mənim (“my”) solumda sollarımda
sənin (“your”) solunda sollarında
onun (“his/her/its”) solunda sollarında
bizim (“our”) solumuzda sollarımızda
sizin (“your”) solunuzda sollarınızda
onların (“their”) solunda or sollarında sollarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) solumdan sollarımdan
sənin (“your”) solundan sollarından
onun (“his/her/its”) solundan sollarından
bizim (“our”) solumuzdan sollarımızdan
sizin (“your”) solunuzdan sollarınızdan
onların (“their”) solundan or sollarından sollarından
genitive
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mənim (“my”) solumun sollarımın
sənin (“your”) solunun sollarının
onun (“his/her/its”) solunun sollarının
bizim (“our”) solumuzun sollarımızın
sizin (“your”) solunuzun sollarınızın
onların (“their”) solunun or sollarının sollarının

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Bislama

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Etymology

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From English salt. Cognate with Tok Pisin sol.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsol/
  • Hyphenation: sol

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sol

  1. salt

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  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 17

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Catalan sol, from Latin sōlem (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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sol m

  1. (astronomy) the Sun (the center of our solar system)

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sol m (plural sols)

  1. (astronomy) sun
  2. (numismatics) sol (a unit of currency used in Peru)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sol m (plural sols)

  1. (music) sol (the fifth note of the diatonic scale)

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English sol.

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sol m (plural sols)

  1. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

Etymology 4

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Inherited from Latin sōlus (“solitary”).

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sol (feminine sola, masculine plural sols, feminine plural soles)

  1. alone (by oneself, solitary)
    • 2020 March 12, María José Gómez, Time Out Barcelona‎[1], volume 588, page 8, column Fight!:
      M'encanta viure en parella, sortir en grup, treballar en equip. Però també m'agrada estar sola.
      I love living as a couple, going out in a group, working on a team. But I also like being alone.
  2. unique
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Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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sol

  1. third-person singular present indicative of soler

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish sol (“sun”).

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sol

  1. sun

Crimean Tatar

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sol (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. left

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Declension of sol
nominative sol
genitive solnıñ
dative solğa
accusative solnı
locative solda
ablative soldan

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sol

  1. left

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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sol

  1. second-person singular imperative of solit

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

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sol c (singular definite solen, plural indefinite sole)

  1. sun
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Declension of sol
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sol solen sole solene
genitive sols solens soles solenes

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sol

  1. imperative of sole

Etymology 2

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From Latin solūtiō (“solution”).

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sol c (singular definite solen, plural indefinite soler)

  1. (chemistry) sol (solution)
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Declension of sol
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gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sol solen soler solerne
genitive sols solens solers solernes

Etymology 3

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From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

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sol n (singular definite sollet, plural indefinite soller)

  1. (music) sol (note)
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Declension of sol
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sol sollet soller sollerne
genitive sols sollets sollers sollernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist all note names were taken from.

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sol f (plural sollen, diminutive solletje n)

  1. (music, Belgium) sol (the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)

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Franco-Provençal

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Inherited from Latin sōlus.

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sol (feminine sola, masculine plural sols, feminine plural soles) (ORB, broad)

  1. alone

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In many areas replaced with its own derivative solèt.

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  • seul in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • sol in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin solum (“soil, ground, floor”).

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sol m (plural sols)

  1. soil, earth
  2. ground
  3. floor
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Etymology 2

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From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist where all note names were taken from.

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sol m (plural sol)

  1. (music) sol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)
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Etymology 3

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From Spanish sol (“sun”), itself from Latin sol.

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sol m (plural sols)

  1. a Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value

Etymology 4

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From Latin solidus, a Roman coin. This form kept the historical spelling based on the Old French and Latin. See the main entry at sou.

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sol m (plural sols)

  1. (archaic) sou (the feudal era coin)

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sol, from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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sol m (plural soles)

  1. sun
  2. sunlight
  3. sunny side (of a place)
    quítate do sol ― go away from sunny side
  4. daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset)
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  • (antonym(s) of “sunlight”): sombra
  • (antonym(s) of “sunny side”): sombra
  • (antonym(s) of “daylight”): noite
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Etymology 2

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sol m (plural soles)

  1. (music) sol (a musical note)
  2. (music) G (the musical note or key)

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musical solfège notes: notas musicaisedit

Etymology 3

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From English sol.

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sol m (plural soles)

  1. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese sol. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sol.

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sol

  1. sun

Hausa

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sol

  1. very white
    Synonym: fat

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔl]
  • Hyphenation: sol

Etymology 1

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From Dutch zool, from Middle Dutch sole, from Vulgar Latin sola ("bottom of the shoe", also "flatfish"), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Compare to Afrikaans sool.

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sol (plural sol-sol)

  1. sole (the bottom of a shoe or boot)
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch sol, the first syllable of Latin solve (“to remove, get rid of”), the first word of the fifth line, third verse (“Solve polluti, labii reatum”, that is, “Clean the guilt from our stained lips”) of the famed medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

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sol (plural sol-sol)

  1. (music) sol:
    1. in a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la
    2. in a fixed-do system: the musical note G

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sol (plural soles)

  1. sun

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sol (comparative plus sol, superlative le plus sol)

  1. alone

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sol

  1. (quantifying) only

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Etymology 1

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From the first syllable of Latin solve, from the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the names of the notes were derived.

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sol m (uncountable)

  1. sol (a musical note)
  2. G (the musical note and key)

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Borrowed from English sol.

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sol m (uncountable)

  1. sol (a type of colloid)

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Borrowed from Spanish sol.

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sol m (uncountable)

  1. sol (a currency of Peru)
  2. (historical) sol (a former Spanish-American silver coin)

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsol/
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Hyphenation: sól

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sol m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of sole

Etymology 5

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsol/
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Hyphenation: sól

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sol (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of solo

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sol (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of solo

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  • sol1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sol2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sol in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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From Portuguese sol.

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sol

  1. sun

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sol m (Hebrew spelling סול)

  1. sun

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Sol oriens.

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *s(u)wōl, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂ṓl (*suh₂ól-s) ~ *suh₂l-és m (“the sun”), rebuilt s-stem from *súh₂el ~ *suh₂éns n (whence Sanskrit स्वर् (svar, “the sun”)), leveled from *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *suh₂éns (from *sh₂wéns via laryngeal metathesis).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Italic *saul through an irregular change conditioned by -l, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ul.[2]

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    sōl m (genitive sōlis); third declension

    1. (astronomy, often capitalized) the Sun
    2. (astronomy) a sun
    3. (alchemy, chemistry) gold
    4. (figurative, in the plural) days, period of one's life
      • Lua error in Module:Quotations/la/data at line 1159: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value
      • Lua error in Module:Quotations/la/data at line 1159: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value
    5. (mythology) See Sōl.

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sōl sōlēs
    genitive sōlis sōlum
    dative sōlī sōlibus
    accusative sōlem sōlēs
    ablative sōle sōlibus
    vocative sōl sōlēs

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    • Insular Romance:
      • Sardinian: sole, sobi, soi, soli
    • Balkan Romance:
    • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Catalan: sol
      • Franco-Provençal: sol
      • Old Gascon: só
      • Old Occitan: sol
        • Occitan: sol (Florac, Lastic, Creuse)
    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Aragonese: sol
      • Mozarabic: שול (šwl)
      • Old Leonese: [Term?]
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: sol
        • Fala: sol
        • Galician: sol
        • Portuguese: sol (see there for further descendants)
      • Spanish: sol
    • Vulgar Latin: *sōliculum (see there for further descendants)
    • Borrowings:
      • Proto-Brythonic: [Term?]
      • ⇒ Translingual: Solaster

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    1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 88.3c, page 84: “*suHel”
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sōl, sōlis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 570

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    From Latin sōl.

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    sol

    1. sun

    Lower Sorbian

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    sol

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    From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

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    sol f

    1. salt (sodium chloride)
    2. (chemistry) salt (a compound of an acid and a base)

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    Declension of sol
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative sol soli soli
    Genitive soli solowu solow
    Dative soli soloma solam
    Accusative sol soli soli
    Instrumental solu soloma solami
    Locative soli soloma solach

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    Etymology

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    From Latin sōl (“sun”), or perhaps from Old English sōl (“sun”), both of which hail from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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    sol (uncountable)

    1. The brightest and warmest celestial body, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system; the Sun (the center of our solar system).
    2. (rare) A heavy, yellow metal; gold.

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    Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܨܘܠܬܐ (ṣwltā)

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    sol f

    1. shoe

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    • IPA(key): /suːl/
    • (Many eastern and northern dialects) IPA(key): [suːɽ]

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    From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

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    sol f or m (definite singular sola or solen, indefinite plural soler, definite plural solene)

    1. sun
      Solen skinner.
      The sun is shining.
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    Etymology 2

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    Shortened form of Latin solūtiō

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    sol m

    1. solution
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    Verb

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    sol

    1. imperative of sole

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    sola

    From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

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    • IPA(key): /suːl/, [suːl]
    • (Many eastern and northern dialects) IPA(key): [suːɽ]

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    sol f (definite singular sola, indefinite plural soler, definite plural solene)

    2. sun
      Sola skin i dag.
      The sun shines today.
    3. sunshine
      Det er sol ute.
      There is sunshine outside.
    4. a shiningly merry girl
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    From Latin solve, from the first word of the fifth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

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    • so (an open syllable variant)

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    sol m (definite singular sol-en, indefinite plural sol-ar, definite plural sol-ane)

    2. (music) sol (a syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale)
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    Shortened form of Latin solūtiō.

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    sol m

    1. solution
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    From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), but also from Latin solidus. This makes it a doublet of sold, sou, solid, and solidus, as well as Norwegian sol f (“sun”) (Etymology 1).

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    sol m (plural solen)

    2. sol; the main Peruvian currency since 1991
      • 2009 September 4, Dag og Tid, page 11:
        Det representerer investeringar på 4600 millionar soles [om lag 9 milliardar NOK], presiserer viseministeren.
        It represents investments of 4600 million sols [about 9 billion Norwegian kroner], says the vice minister.
    4. (historical) the Peruvian currency between 1863 and 1985
      • 1981, Gregorio Condori Mamani, translated by Svanaug Steinnes, Indianarliv i Peru, Oslo: Samlaget, page 48:
        Alt dette kosta åtte soles.
        It cost eight sols in total.

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    sol n (definite singular solet, indefinite plural sol, definite plural sola)

    1. alternative spelling of sòl

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    • “sol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
    • “sol”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
    • “sol” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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    From Proto-West Germanic *sōl, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

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    sōl ?

    1. sun
    2. the Sun
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    • The exact gender is unknown. Based on cognates in related languages, it is speculated to be either feminine or neuter.
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    From Proto-West Germanic *sol, from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old High German sol, gisol (“pool of excrement”), Middle Dutch sol (“puddle, dirt, filth”). More at soil.

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    sol n

    1. mud, wet sand, mire
    2. wallowing-place, slough, miry-place
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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative sol solu
    accusative sol solu
    genitive soles sola
    dative sole solum
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    sol

    1. dark, dirty, soiled
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    Declension of sol — Strong
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative sol solu, solo sol
    Accusative solne sole sol
    Genitive soles solre soles
    Dative solum solre solum
    Instrumental sole solre sole
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative sole sola, sole solu, solo
    Accusative sole sola, sole solu, solo
    Genitive solra solra solra
    Dative solum solum solum
    Instrumental solum solum solum
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    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative sola sole sole
    Accusative solan solan sole
    Genitive solan solan solan
    Dative solan solan solan
    Instrumental solan solan solan
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative solan solan solan
    Accusative solan solan solan
    Genitive solra, solena solra, solena solra, solena
    Dative solum solum solum
    Instrumental solum solum solum
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    Inherited from Latin sōlus.

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    sol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sole)

    1. alone
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    Inherited from Latin solidus.

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    sol oblique singular, m (oblique plural sous or sox or sols, nominative singular sous or sox or sols, nominative plural sol)

    1. sol (an Old French coin)
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    From Latin sōlus (“alone”).

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    sol

    1. only; just; no more than
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    From Latin sōl, sōlem (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

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    sol m (plural sols)

    1. sun
      • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 423 (facsimile):
        Eſta primeira é de comel fez ó çeo. ⁊ á terra. ⁊ ó mar ⁊ o ſol. ⁊ á lũa. ⁊ as eſtrelas ⁊ todalas outras couſas q̇ ſon. ⁊ como fez ó ome áſa ſemellança
        This first one is (about) how He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else that exists. And how (He) made man in His own likeness.
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    • Fala: sol
    • Galician: sol
    • Portuguese: sol (see there for further descendants)

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    sol

    1. third-person singular present indicative of soer

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    From Latin sōl.

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    sol m

    1. Sun (celestial object)
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    From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

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    sōl f

    1. sun

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    Declension of sol (strong ō-stem)
    masculine singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative sōl sōlin sōlar sōlarnar, sōlanar
    accusative sōl sōlina sōlar sōlarnar, sōlanar
    dative sōl, sōlo sōlinni, sōlinne sōlum, sōlom sōlumin, sōlomen
    genitive sōlar sōlarinnar sōla sōlanna

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    From Latin sōl.

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    sol m

    1. sun

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sol, from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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    sol m (plural sóis)

    1. sun (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)
    2. sunshine (a location on which the sun's rays fall)
    4. (uncountable) weather (the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)
      O sol frio de inverno.
      Winter's cold weather.
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    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: sol
    • Kabuverdianu: sol
    • Papiamentu: sol

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    From Latin solve in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

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    sol m (plural sóis)

    1. sol (a musical note)

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    From English sol.

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    sol m (plural sóis)

    1. (chemistry, physics) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

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    • “sol” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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    From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”), French sol.

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    sol n (plural soluri)

    1. the lowest part of something; bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
    2. the floor or pavement of a room
    3. ground, earth, land, soil
    4. (gymnastics) an event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface
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    Declension of sol
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative sol solul soluri solurile
    genitive-dative sol solului soluri solurilor
    vocative solule solurilor

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    From Proto-Slavic *sъlъ, compare Slovene sel.

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    sol m (plural soli)

    1. messenger
    2. envoy
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    Declension of sol
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative sol solul soli solii
    genitive-dative sol solului soli solilor
    vocative solule solilor

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    • (Bosnian, Montenegrin, Serbian): sȏ

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    From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare Solyanka.

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    sȏl f (Cyrillic spelling со̑л)

    1. (Croatia) salt

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    Declension of sol
    singular plural
    nominative so, sol soli
    genitive soli soli
    dative soli solima
    accusative sol soli
    vocative soli soli
    locative soli solima
    instrumental solju, soli solima

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    From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

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    sọ̑ł f

    1. salt (a common substance)

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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
    nom. sing. sól
    gen. sing. solí
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		sól solí solí
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		solí solí solí
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		sóli soléma solém
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		sól solí solí
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		sóli soléh soléh
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		soljó soléma solmí

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    • “sol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
    • “sol”, in Termania, Amebis
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    From Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The Peruvian currency makes reference to the meaning "sun", but is a shortening from Latin solidus.

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    sol m (plural soles)

    1. sun
    2. sunlight
    3. sunny side (of a place)
      Antonym: sombra
      quítate del sol ― get out of the sun
    4. daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset)
      Antonym: noche
    5. sol (a unit of currency, currently used in Peru)
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    From Latin solve in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

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    sol m (uncountable)

    1. sol (a musical note)

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    Borrowed from English sol.

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    sol m (plural soles)

    1. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)

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    From Old Swedish sōl, from Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

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    sol c

    1. (often in the definite singular) sun (star the Earth revolves around)
      jorden kretsar kring solen
      the Earth revolves around the sun
    2. a sun (star, especially when seen as the center of a solar system)
      Synonym: stjärna
    3. sun (sunshine)
      Synonym: solsken
    4. (figuratively) a sun ((person who is a) source of joy)
      solen i mitt liv
      the sun of my life
    5. (music) sol

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    Declension of sol
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite sol sols
    definite solen solens
    plural indefinite solar solars
    definite solarna solarnas

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    Cognate with Persian سال (sāl).

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    sol

    1. year

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    From English shoulder.

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    sol

    1. (anatomy) shoulder

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    From English salt.

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    sol

    1. salt
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    • solwara (“sea, ocean; saltwater, brine”)

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    From Ottoman Turkish صول (sol, “left”), from Proto-Turkic *sōl.

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    sol (definite accusative solu, plural sollar)

    1. left
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    sol

    1. second-person singular imperative of solmak

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    From French sol.

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    sol (definite accusative solü, plural soller)

    1. (music) sol

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    From Proto-Finnic *soola.

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    sol

    1. salt

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    Inflection of sol (inflection type 6/kuva)
    nominative sing. sol
    genitive sing. solan
    partitive sing. solad
    partitive plur. —
    singular plural
    nominative sol —
    accusative solan —
    genitive solan —
    partitive solad —
    essive-instructive solan —
    translative solaks —
    inessive solas —
    elative solaspäi —
    illative solaha
    solha     		—
    adessive solal —
    ablative solalpäi —
    allative solale —
    abessive solata —
    comitative solanke —
    prolative soladme —
    approximative I solanno —
    approximative II solannoks —
    egressive solannopäi —
    terminative I solahasai
    solhasai     		—
    terminative II solalesai —
    terminative III solassai —
    additive I solahapäi
    solhapäi     		—
    additive II solalepäi —

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    sol (nominative plural sols)

    1. sun

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    Declension of sol
    singular plural
    nominative sol sols
    genitive sola solas
    dative sole soles
    accusative soli solis
    vocative 1 o sol! o sols!
    predicative 2 solu solus

    1 status as a case is disputed
    2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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    Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).

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    sol

    1. salt
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