solo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).
Pronunciation
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: (US, Canada) -oʊloʊ, (UK) -əʊləʊ
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Cardinal: one Ordinal: first Latinate ordinal: primary Reverse order ordinal: last Latinate reverse order ordinal: ultimate Adverbial: one time, once Multiplier: onefold Latinate multiplier: single Distributive: singly Group collective: onesome Multipart collective: singlet, singleton Greek or Latinate collective: monad Greek collective prefix: mono- Latinate collective prefix: uni- Fractional: whole Elemental: singlet, singleton Greek prefix: proto- Number of musicians: solo Number of years: year |
Noun
- (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.
Coordinate terms
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Adjective
solo (not comparable)
- Without a companion or instructor.
- (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.
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Adverb
solo (not comparable)
- Alone, without a companion.
- 1970, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Two of Us”, in Let it Be:
- Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun
- 1984, “Wake me up before you go-go”, George Michael (lyrics), George Michael (music), performed by Wham!:
- Wake me up before you go-go / 'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
- 2024 July 27, Ian Youngs, “Celine Dion makes stirring comeback at Olympics”, in bbc.com[1]:
- The Canadian superstar had been rumoured to be singing a duet with Lady Gaga, but instead went solo on the Eiffel Tower to bring the four-hour event to a stirring climax.
Verb
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.
- (slang) To independently perform an action, especially a challenging task.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: solar
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See also
Anagrams
Asturian
Adjective
solo
Bikol Central
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
sólo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
- (card games) solo (a trick-taking card game played with 36 cards, similar to frog)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “solo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “solo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
solo
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.
Pronunciation
Noun
solo m (plural solo's or soli, diminutive solootje n)
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
solo (accusative singular solon, plural soloj, accusative plural solojn)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.
Pronunciation
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “solo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin solum (“soil, ground”).
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Etymology 2
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Etymology 3
Verb
solo
German
Etymology
Adjective
solo (indeclinable, predicative only)
Higaonon
Etymology
From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.
Noun
solo
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole, superlative solissimo)
- alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
- Synonym: solitario
- Non sei solo. ― You are not alone.
- only, single, just one, unique, sole
- Synonym: unico
- (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
- Synonym: assolo
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adverb
solo
Conjunction
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.
Noun
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 ...
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
solō
Adjective
sōlō
References
- “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.
Latvian
Noun
solo m (invariable)
Malagasy
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Sulawesi language, from Proto-South Sulawesi *sulu(r); compare Makasar suluk.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
sòlo
References
- ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, De Gruyter Mouton, , page 726.
Norman
Etymology
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Verb
solo
- inflection of soallut:
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).
Adverb
solo
Noun
solo (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloer or soli, definite singular soloene or soliene)
References
- “solo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).
Adverb
solo
Noun
solo m (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloar, definite plural soloane)
References
- “solo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Papiamentu
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Etymology
From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.
Noun
solo
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Adjective
solo (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Adverb
solo (not comparable)
- (music) solo (alone, without a companion)
- Synonym: pojedynczo
Related terms
Further reading
- solo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lo
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin solum (“soil, ground”).
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone, solitary”). Doublet of só.
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:solo.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
solo
Further reading
- “solo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “solo” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “solo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “solo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “solo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “solo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.
Noun
solo m (plural solouri)
Declension
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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 |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.lo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -olo
- Syllabification: so‧lo
- Homophone: sólo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).
Adjective
solo (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)
- sole, only, unique, single
- lonely, lonesome
- alone, by oneself
- automatic; self-, by itself
- La máquina se lava sola.
- The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Adverb
solo
- only, solely, just
- Synonyms: solamente, únicamente
- Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.
- No solo... sino también... ― Not only... but also...
Alternative forms
- (superseded) sólo
Further reading
- “solo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Adjective
solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)
Noun
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
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | solo | solot | solon | solona |
Genitive | solos | solots | solons | solonas |
References
- solo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- solo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- solo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Walloon
Etymology 1
From Latin sōl, compare French soleil.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lo
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French solo, from Italian solo
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lo
Noun
solo m (plural solos)
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/oʊloʊ
- Rhymes:English/oʊloʊ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/əʊləʊ
- Rhymes:English/əʊləʊ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Music
- en:Games
- en:Gaelic football
- English adjectives
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- en:Coffee
- en:One
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- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Catalan lemmas
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- ca:Music
- ca:Card games
- Catalan non-lemma forms
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- Dutch terms borrowed from Italian
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- nl:Music
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/olo
- Esperanto lemmas
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- eo:Music
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- fr:Music
- Galician terms derived from Latin
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- gl:Music
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- Rhymes:Italian/olo
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- it:Music
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- Latvian indeclinable nouns
- lv:Music
- Malagasy terms borrowed from South Sulawesi languages
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- Norman terms borrowed from English
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- nrf:Music
- Jersey Norman
- Northern Sami non-lemma forms
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Italian
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- nb:Music
- nb:Dance
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Italian
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- nn:Music
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- Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese
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- Polish terms borrowed from Italian
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlɔ
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- pl:Music
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- pl:One
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- pt:Geology
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- Romanian terms borrowed from Italian
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- Rhymes:Spanish/olo
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- sv:Music
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- wa:Astronomy
- Walloon terms borrowed from French
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- wa:Music