solo

See also: Solo, sólo, soló, and soļo

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /soʊ̯.loʊ̯/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /səʊ̯.ləʊ̯/

NounEdit

solo (plural solos)

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

• (coffee): doppio, triplo (rare)

TranslationsEdit

piece of music for one

• Armenian: մեներգ (hy) (menerg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨奏 (zh), 独奏 (zh) (dúzòu), 獨唱 (zh), 独唱 (zh) (dúchàn)

• Czech: sólo (cs)
• Dutch: solo (nl)
• Finnish: soolo (fi)
• French: solo (fr) m
• German: Solo (de) n
• Greek: σόλο (el) n (sólo)
• Irish: aonréad m

• Italian: assolo (it) m, solo (it) m
• Japanese: ソロ (soro), 独奏 (どくそう, dokusō), 独唱 (どくしょう, dokushō)
• Maori: hianga
• Norman: solo m
• Portuguese: solo (pt) m
• Romanian: solo (ro)
• Russian: со́ло (ru) n (sólo)
• Spanish: solo (es) m
• Swedish: solo (sv) n
• Vietnamese: độc tấu(獨奏), độc xướng (獨唱)

job or performance done by one person

• Dutch: solo (nl)
• Finnish: soolo (fi)
• French: solo (fr) m
• German: Solo (de) n
• Greek: σόλο (el) n (sólo)
• Italian: in solitaria, da solo
• Maori: hīanga

• Norman: solo m
• Portuguese: solo (pt) m
• Romanian: solo (ro)
• Spanish: solista m, f
• Swedish: solo (sv) n
• Vietnamese: một mình (vi)

card game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惠斯特紙牌戲, 惠斯特纸牌戏 (huìsītè zhǐpáixì)

• Dutch: solo (nl)
• Finnish: soolo (fi)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Solo (de) n
• Italian: solitario (it) m
• Spanish: solitario (es) m

AdjectiveEdit

solo (comparative more solo, superlative most solo)

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

TranslationsEdit

without a companion or instructor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單 (zh), 单 (zh) (dān), 獨自的, 独自的 (dúzì de), 單獨的, 单独的 (dāndú de)

• Czech: sólo (cs)
• Dutch: alleen (nl)
• French: solo (fr)
• German: einzeln (de)
• Italian: solitario (it), solo (it)

• Maori: takitahi
• Portuguese: solo (pt)
• Russian: самостоятельно (ru) (samostojatelʹno)
• Spanish: solo (es)
• Swedish: solo (sv), ensam (sv)
• Vietnamese: độc (vi) (獨 (vi)), đơn (vi) (單), một mình (vi), tự (vi) (自 (vi)), tự mình

of a musical solo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨唱 (zh), 独唱 (zh) (dúchàng)

• Dutch: solo (nl)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: solo (de)
• Italian: solista, da solista, per solista

• Portuguese: solo (pt)
• Romanian: solo (ro)
• Russian: со́ло (ru) (sólo)
• Spanish: solo (es) m
• Swedish: solo (sv)
• Vietnamese: độc xướng (獨唱)

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 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

Terms derived from solo

• soloist

• solo run

Related termsEdit

• solitaire

TranslationsEdit

to perform a solo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: no corresponding word known

• Dutch: een solo spelen
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: ein Solo spielen
• Italian: fare un assolo

• Maori: whakatene (of a song)
• Portuguese: solar (pt)
• Russian: солировать (solirovatʹ)
• Spanish: tocar un solo
• Vietnamese: độc diễn (獨演)

to perform something in the absence of anyone else

• Dutch: solo (nl)
• Finnish: sooloilla
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: allein machen

• Italian: volare da solo
• Spanish: ir por su cuenta

AnagramsEdit

• Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, sool

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lo/

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music) solo

See alsoEdit

• duo, trio

Further readingEdit

• “solo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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. solo

   Synonym: só

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian solo.

AdjectiveEdit

solo

1. alone
2. single (not married nor dating)

   Ich bin solo. ― I'm single.

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: só‧lo

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin sōlus.

AdjectiveEdit

solo (feminine singular sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole)

1. alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome

   Synonym: solitario

2. only, single, just one, unique, sole

   Synonym: unico

3. (music) solo

   Synonym: assolo

Coordinate termsEdit

• (single): doppio, triplo

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 and followed by se) if only

NounEdit

solo m (plural soli, feminine sola)

1. the only one, the only man

   Synonym: unico

Related termsEdit

Terms related to solo

• soliloquio
• solingo

• solino
• solipede

• solipsismo
• solista

• solitario
• solitudine

AnagramsEdit

• Oslo

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LatinEdit

NounEdit

solō

1. dative singular of solum
2. ablative singular of solum

AdjectiveEdit

sōlō

1. dative masculine singular of sōlus
2. dative neuter singular of sōlus
3. ablative masculine singular of sōlus
4. ablative 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

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LatvianEdit

NounEdit

solo m (invariable)

1. (music) solo

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English solo.

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music, Jersey) solo

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Northern SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

solo

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

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PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

NounEdit

solo

1. sun

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.lu/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin sōlum (“soil, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole of the foot”).

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

1. (geology) soil, ground

Derived termsEdit

• subsolo

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music) solo

QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:solo.

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).

AdjectiveEdit

solo (feminine singular sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)

1. sole, only, unique, single
2. lonely, lonesome
3. alone, by oneself

Derived termsEdit

• solito

Related termsEdit

Terms related to solo

• a solas

• soledad

• solitario

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin sōlum.

Alternative formsEdit

• sólo (deprecated)

AdverbEdit

solo

1. only, solely, just

   Synonyms: solamente, únicamente

   Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.

Further readingEdit

• “solo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.