solder
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EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English solderen, borrowed from Old French solder (Modern French souder) from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō (“make solid”). Doublet of solidate.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: sŏl'də(r), sōl'də(r), IPA(key): /ˈsɒldə(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊldə(ɹ)/
- (Canada, General American) enPR: sŏd′ər, sōd'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈsɑdɚ/, /ˈsəʊdə(ɹ)/
NounEdit
solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)
- Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
- 1991, John H. Lau, Solder Joint Reliability: Theory and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
- ...the packaging of electronic components has moved from technology that used solder predominantly as an electrical connection (plated through-hole) to technology that uses solder as both a mechanical and electrical connection (surface mount technology)...
- Figuratively, circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
TranslationsEdit
any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
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VerbEdit
solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)
- to join items together, or to coat them with solder
- (figuratively) to join things as if with solder.
- 2013, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
- In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to join with solder
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cf. solde.
VerbEdit
solder
- to close (a deal)
- (finance) to settle, to pay off (debt)
- to sell at sales, to have a sale
- (reflexive, ~ par) to end up (in), to result (in)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of solder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | soldant /sɔl.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | soldé /sɔl.de/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | solder | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | soldant /sɔl.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | solde /sɔld/ |
soldes /sɔld/ |
solde /sɔld/ |
soldons /sɔl.dɔ̃/ |
soldez /sɔl.de/ |
soldent /sɔld/ |
| imperfect | soldais /sɔl.dɛ/ |
soldais /sɔl.dɛ/ |
soldait /sɔl.dɛ/ |
soldions /sɔl.djɔ̃/ |
soldiez /sɔl.dje/ |
soldaient /sɔl.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soldai /sɔl.de/ |
soldas /sɔl.da/ |
solda /sɔl.da/ |
soldâmes /sɔl.dam/ |
soldâtes /sɔl.dat/ |
soldèrent /sɔl.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | solderai /sɔl.də.ʁe/ |
solderas /sɔl.də.ʁa/ |
soldera /sɔl.də.ʁa/ |
solderons /sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
solderez /sɔl.də.ʁe/ |
solderont /sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | solderais /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ |
solderais /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ |
solderait /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ |
solderions /sɔl.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
solderiez /sɔl.də.ʁje/ |
solderaient /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | solde /sɔld/ |
soldes /sɔld/ |
solde /sɔld/ |
soldions /sɔl.djɔ̃/ |
soldiez /sɔl.dje/ |
soldent /sɔld/ |
| imperfect2 | soldasse /sɔl.das/ |
soldasses /sɔl.das/ |
soldât /sɔl.da/ |
soldassions /sɔl.da.sjɔ̃/ |
soldassiez /sɔl.da.sje/ |
soldassent /sɔl.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | solde /sɔld/ |
— | soldons /sɔl.dɔ̃/ |
soldez /sɔl.de/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “solder” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).