Sol

See also: sol and Appendix:Variations of "sol"

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɒl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /soʊl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒl, -əʊl
  • (US only, and Estuary English) Homophones: sole, soul

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sōl.

Proper noun

Sol

  1. (poetic, science fiction) The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
  2. (Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
  3. (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
  4. (nonce word) A male given name
    • 2017 March 1st, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics” in the Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:
      Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.
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Etymology 2

Shortening.

Proper noun

Sol

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
    • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
      “Chock full o’ science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was! Sol Gills, Sol Gills, what have you been up to, for this many a long day, my ould boy?”

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Galician

Proper noun

Sol m

  1. the Sun, Sol

German

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Sol n (strong, genitive Sols, plural Sole)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sol.

Noun

Sol n (strong, genitive Sols, plural Sole)

  1. (physical chemistry) sol, a type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
Declension

Further reading


Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sōl.

Noun

Sol (uncountable)

  1. the Sun.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Sol f (plural Sole)

  1. sole (of a shoe)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sōlem (sun), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɔw/ [ˈsɔʊ̯]

  • Homophone: sol
  • Hyphenation: Sol

Proper noun

Sol m

  1. (astronomy) the Sun

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsol/ [ˈsol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: Sol

Proper noun

Sol m

  1. the Sun

Proper noun

Sol f

  1. Clipping of Soledad.

Swedish

Proper noun

Sol c (genitive Sols)

  1. Norse god Sol

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