Wiktionary

solo

See also: Solo, sólo, soló, and soļo

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).

PronunciationEdit


English numbers (edit)
10
1 2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    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

solo (plural solos or soli)

  1. (music) A piece of music for one performer.
  2. A job or performance done by one person alone.
  3. (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
  4. A single shot of espresso.
  5. (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.

Coordinate termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

solo (comparative more solo, superlative most solo)

  1. Without a companion or instructor.
  2. (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

TranslationsEdit

AdverbEdit

solo (not comparable)

  1. 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)

  1. (music) To perform a solo.
  2. To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
  3. (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

solo

  1. neuter of solu

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian solo.

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoː.loː/
  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

NounEdit

solo m (plural solo's or soli, diminutive solootje n)

  1. (music) solo (piece or passage performed or typified by a single performer)

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

 
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Wikipedia fr

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)

Derived termsEdit

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Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin sōlum (“soil, ground”).

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

  1. soil, ground
    Synonym: chan

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Italian solo.

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
    Synonym: só

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo.

AdjectiveEdit

solo (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. alone
  2. single (not married nor dating)
    Ich bin solo. ― I'm single.

HigaononEdit

EtymologyEdit

From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.

NounEdit

solo

  1. lamp

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin sōlus.

AdjectiveEdit

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole, superlative solissimo)

  1. alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
    Synonym: solitario
  2. only, single, just one, unique, sole
    Synonym: unico
  3. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
    Synonym: assolo
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • → English: solo
  • → German: solo

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin sōlum.

AdverbEdit

solo

  1. only, just, but, alone, merely
    Synonyms: solamente, soltanto
    solo una volta ― only once
    ha solo quattro anni ― he's just four

ConjunctionEdit

solo

  1. (followed by che) but, only
    Synonyms: ma, però
  2. (preceded by se) if only
    se solo lui non fosse qui ... ― if only he was not here ...
  3. (followed by se) only if
    […] solo se lui non è qui. ― […] only if he is not here.

NounEdit

solo m (plural soli, feminine sola)

  1. the only one, the only man
    Synonym: unico
    lui è il solo che può ... ― he is the only one/only man that can ...

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

NounEdit

solō

  1. dative/ablative singular of solum

AdjectiveEdit

sōlō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sōlus

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)

  1. (music) solo

MalagasyEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from a South Sulawesi language, from Proto-South Sulawesi *sulu(r); compare Makasar suluk.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sòlo

  1. substitute, replacement

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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:10.1515/9783110218442, page 726.

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English solo.

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music, Jersey) solo

Northern SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

solo

  1. inflection of soallut:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).

AdverbEdit

solo

  1. solo

NounEdit

solo (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloer or soli, definite singular soloene or soliene)

  1. (music, dance) a solo

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).

AdverbEdit

solo

  1. solo

NounEdit

solo m (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloar, definite plural soloane)

  1. (music, dance) a solo

ReferencesEdit

PapiamentuEdit

 

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

NounEdit

solo

  1. sun

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

solo n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) solo (piece of music for one)
    Synonym: solówka
  2. (slang) a one-on-one fight usually between schoolers and agreed to in advance
    Synonym: solówka

AdjectiveEdit

solo (not comparable)

  1. (music) solo (without a companion or instructor)

AdverbEdit

solo (not comparable)

  1. (music) solo (alone, without a companion)
    Synonym: pojedynczo

Related termsEdit

nouns

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)

  1. (geology) soil, ground
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone, solitary”). Doublet of só.

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:solo.

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.

NounEdit

solo m (plural solouri)

  1. solo

DeclensionEdit

Declension of solo
singular plural
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)

  1. sole, only, unique, single
  2. lonely, lonesome
  3. alone, by oneself
  4. automatically; self-, by itself
    La máquina se lava sola.
    The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin sōlum.

Alternative formsEdit

AdverbEdit

solo

  1. only, solely, just
    Synonyms: solamente, únicamente
    Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.
    No solo... sino también... ― Not only... but also...

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)

  1. (predicative only) alone
    Hon var solo på jobbet ― She was alone at work
    Synonym: ensam

NounEdit

solo n

  1. (music) a solo (piece of music or dance performed by or strongly centered on a single or limited number of performers)
    Antonym: tutti
  2. (in compounds) something done alone
    soloflygning ― solo flight

DeclensionEdit

Declension of solo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative solo solot solon solona
Genitive solos solots solons solonas

ReferencesEdit

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