Sol

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.

Synonyms

• (Earth's star): sun, Sun
• ☉ ☼

Derived terms

• Sol system

Translations

Roman sun god

Latin: Sōl (la) Swedish: Sol Indiges, Sol Invictus

Norse sun god

Old High German: sunna Swedish: Sol (sv)

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?”

Anagrams

• LOS, OLS, SLO, los'

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Galician

Proper noun

Sol m

1. the Sun, Sol

Related terms

• solar

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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

Declension of Sol [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sol	die	Sole
genitive	eines	des	Sols	der	Sole
dative	einem	dem	Sol	den	Solen
accusative	ein	das	Sol	die	Sole

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

Declension of Sol [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sol	die	Sole
genitive	eines	des	Sols	der	Sole
dative	einem	dem	Sol	den	Solen
accusative	ein	das	Sol	die	Sole

Further reading

• “Sol (Lösung)” in Duden online
• “Sol (Währungseinheit)” in Duden online
• “Sol (Gott)” in Duden online

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sōl.

Noun

Sol (uncountable)

1. 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!

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Sol f (plural Sole)

1. sole (of a shoe)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔw/ [ˈsɔʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl/ [ˈsɔɫ]

• Homophone: sol
• Hyphenation: Sol

Proper noun

Sol m

1. (astronomy) the Sun

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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.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Sol c (genitive Sols)

1. Norse god Sol

Anagrams

• los