Sol
See also: sol and Appendix:Variations of "sol"
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sol
- (poetic, science fiction) The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
- (Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
- (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
- (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.
- 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:
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Proper noun
Sol
- 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?”
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
German
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist where all note names were taken from.
Noun
Declension
Noun
Declension
Further reading
- “Sol (Lösung)” in Duden online
- “Sol (Währungseinheit)” in Duden online
- “Sol (Gott)” in Duden online
Middle English
Noun
Sol (uncountable)
- the Sun.
- 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, Lines 273-276:
- Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe, Mars iren, Mercurie quyksilver we clepe, Saturnus leed, and Juppiter is tyn, And Venus coper, by my fader kyn!
- 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, Lines 273-276:
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin sōlem (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsol/ [ˈsol]
- Rhymes: -ol
- Syllabification: Sol
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