solo
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).
PronunciationEdit
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: (US, Canada) -oʊloʊ, (UK) -əʊləʊ
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Cardinal: one Ordinal: first Latinate ordinal: primary Adverbial: one time, once Multiplier: onefold Latinate multiplier: single Distributive: singly Collective: onesome Multiuse collective: singlet Greek or Latinate collective: monad Greek collective prefix: mono- Latinate collective prefix: uni- Fractional: whole Elemental: singlet Greek prefix: proto- Number of musicians: solo Number of years: year |
NounEdit
- (music) A piece of music for one performer.
- A job or performance done by one person alone.
- (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
- A single shot of espresso.
- (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.
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AdjectiveEdit
solo (comparative more solo, superlative most solo)
- Without a companion or instructor.
- (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.
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AdverbEdit
solo (not comparable)
- Alone, without a companion.
- 1984, George Michael (lyrics), George Michael (music), “Wake me up before you go-go”, performed by Wham!:
- Wake me up before you go-go / 'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
VerbEdit
solo (third-person singular simple present solos or soloes, present participle soloing, simple past and past participle soloed)
- (music) To perform a solo.
- To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
- (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
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AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
solo
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “solo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “solo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “solo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “solo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
solo m (plural solo's or soli, diminutive solootje n)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “solo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin sōlum (“soil, ground”).
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
solo (indeclinable, predicative only)
HigaononEdit
EtymologyEdit
From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.
NounEdit
solo
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole, superlative solissimo)
- alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
- Synonym: solitario
- only, single, just one, unique, sole
- Synonym: unico
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
- Synonym: assolo
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DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
solo
ConjunctionEdit
solo
- (followed by che) but, only
- (preceded by se) if only
- se solo lui non fosse qui ... ― if only he was not here ...
- (followed by se) only if
- […] solo se lui non è qui. ― […] only if he is not here.
NounEdit
solo m (plural soli, feminine sola)
- the only one, the only man
- Synonym: unico
- lui è il solo che può ... ― he is the only one/only man that can ...
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AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
NounEdit
solō
AdjectiveEdit
sōlō
ReferencesEdit
- “solo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- solo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
LatvianEdit
NounEdit
solo m (invariable)
MalagasyEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from a South Sulawesi language, from Proto-South Sulawesi *sulu(r); compare Makasar suluk.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sòlo
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009), “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, De Gruyter Mouton, DOI: , page 726.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
Northern SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
solo
- inflection of soallut:
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).
AdverbEdit
solo
NounEdit
solo (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloer or soli, definite singular soloene or soliene)
ReferencesEdit
- “solo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).
AdverbEdit
solo
NounEdit
solo m (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloar, definite plural soloane)
ReferencesEdit
- “solo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.
NounEdit
solo
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
solo n (indeclinable)
- (music) solo (piece of music for one)
- Synonym: solówka
- (slang) a one-on-one fight usually between schoolers and agreed to in advance
- Synonym: solówka
AdjectiveEdit
solo (not comparable)
AdverbEdit
solo (not comparable)
- (music) solo (alone, without a companion)
- Synonym: pojedynczo
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- solo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: so‧lo
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sōlum (“soil, ground”).
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone, solitary”). Doublet of só.
NounEdit
solo m (plural solos)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:solo.
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
solo
Further readingEdit
- “solo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “solo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “solo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “solo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “solo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “solo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.
NounEdit
solo m (plural solouri)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) solo | soloul | (niște) solouri | solourii |
genitive/dative | (unui) solo | soloului | (unor) solouri | solourilor |
vocative | soloule | solourilor |
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).
AdjectiveEdit
solo (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)
- sole, only, unique, single
- lonely, lonesome
- alone, by oneself
- automatically; self-, by itself
- La máquina se lava sola.
- The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
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Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
- sólo (deprecated)
AdverbEdit
solo
- only, solely, just
- Synonyms: solamente, únicamente
- Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.
- No solo... sino también... ― Not only... but also...
Further readingEdit
- “solo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)
NounEdit
solo n
- (music) a solo (piece of music or dance performed by or strongly centered on a single or limited number of performers)
- Antonym: tutti
- (in compounds) something done alone
- soloflygning ― solo flight
DeclensionEdit
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | solo | solot | solon | solona |
Genitive | solos | solots | solons | solonas |