solar
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: sōl'ər, IPA(key): /ˈsoʊlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊlə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Adjective
solar (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun
- solar light
- solar rays
- solar influence
- (astrology, obsolete) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
- and proud beside, as solar people are
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- Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
- Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
- 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid.
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Synonyms
- sunly
Derived terms
Pages starting with “solar”.
- antisolar
- extrasolar
- lunisolar
- solar battery
- solar calendar
- solar cell
- solar collector
- solar constant
- solar corona
- solar cycle
- solar day
- solar eclipse
- solar energy
- solar engine
- solar flare
- solar flower
- solarize
- solar lamp
- solar maculation
- solar mass
- solar microscope
- solar month
- solar oil
- solar panel
- solar phosphori
- solar plexus
- solar power
- solar prominence
- solar radiation
- solar shingle
- solar spots
- solar system
- solar telegraph
- solar telescope
- solar time
- solar tracker
- solar wind
- solar year
- subsolar
- tough solar
Translations
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Noun
solar (uncountable)
- solar energy
- December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine:
- He’s a player in robots and solar, cryptocurrency and climate, brain-computer implants to stave off the menace of artificial intelligence and underground tunnels to move people and freight at super speeds.
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See also
- day
Etymology 2
From Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from Latin sōlārium; and Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.
Noun
solar (plural solars)
- (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
Translations
See also
- solar topee
Further reading
- solar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- solar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- solar at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Loars, Losar, Rosal, Sarlo, Slora, orals, soral
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /soˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /suˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /soˈlaɾ/
Etymology 1
From sòl (“soil”).
Noun
solar m (plural solars)
- lot, plot (a distinct portion of land, usually smaller than a field)
Related terms
- sòl
Etymology 2
From Latin sōlāris.
Adjective
solar (masculine and feminine plural solars)
- solar (of or pertaining to the sun)
Derived terms
- sistema solar
- vent solar
Related terms
- sol
Etymology 3
sola (“sole”) + -ar
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, past participle solat)
- (transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe or boot)
Conjugation
infinitive | solar | ||||||
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present participle | solant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | solat | solada | |||||
plural | solats | solades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | solo | soles | sola | solem | soleu | solen | |
imperfect | solava | solaves | solava | solàvem | solàveu | solaven | |
future | solaré | solaràs | solarà | solarem | solareu | solaran | |
preterite | solí | solares | solà | solàrem | solàreu | solaren | |
conditional | solaria | solaries | solaria | solaríem | solaríeu | solarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | soli | solis | soli | solem | soleu | solin | |
imperfect | solés | solessis | solés | soléssim | soléssiu | solessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | sola | soli | solem | soleu | solin |
Further reading
- “solar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “solar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “solar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “solar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology 1
From sola (“sole”). Compare Portuguese solar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈlaɾ/
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)
- (transitive) to sole
- 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
- Iten por solar calças, des et seis branquas et dous coroados.
- Item, for soling stockings, sixteen white coins and two crowns
- Iten por solar calças, des et seis branquas et dous coroados.
- 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | solar | |||||
personal | solar | solares | solar | solarmos | solardes | solaren |
Gerund | ||||||
solando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | solado | solados | ||||
feminine | solada | soladas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | solo | solas | sola | solamos | solades | solan |
imperfect | solaba | solabas | solaba | solabamos | solabades | solaban |
preterite | solei | solaches | solou | solamos | solastes | solaron |
pluperfect | solara | solaras | solara | solaramos | solarades | solaran |
future | solarei | solarás | solará | solaremos | solaredes | solarán |
conditional | solaría | solarías | solaría | solariamos | solariades | solarían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | sole | soles | sole | solemos | soledes | solen |
preterite | solase | solases | solase | solásemos | solásedes | solasen |
future | solar | solares | solar | solarmos | solardes | solaren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | sola | sole | solemos | solade | solen |
negative | – | soles | sole | solemos | soledes | solen |
Related terms
- sola
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Latin sōlāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈlaɾ/
Adjective
solar m or f (plural solares)
- solar
Related terms
- sol
Further reading
- “solar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
References
- “solar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “solar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “solar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “solar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “solar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
German
Etymology
From Latin sōlāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zoˈlaːɐ̯/
Audio (file)
Adjective
solar (strong nominative masculine singular solarer, not comparable)
- solar
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist solar | sie ist solar | es ist solar | sie sind solar | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | solarer | solare | solares | solare |
genitive | solaren | solarer | solaren | solarer | |
dative | solarem | solarer | solarem | solaren | |
accusative | solaren | solare | solares | solare | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der solare | die solare | das solare | die solaren |
genitive | des solaren | der solaren | des solaren | der solaren | |
dative | dem solaren | der solaren | dem solaren | den solaren | |
accusative | den solaren | die solare | das solare | die solaren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein solarer | eine solare | ein solares | (keine) solaren |
genitive | eines solaren | einer solaren | eines solaren | (keiner) solaren | |
dative | einem solaren | einer solaren | einem solaren | (keinen) solaren | |
accusative | einen solaren | eine solare | ein solares | (keine) solaren |
Derived terms
- Solaranlage
- Solarauto
- Solarbranche
- Solarenergie
- Solarflugzeug
- Solarheizung
- solarisch
- Solarium
- Solarkollektor
- Solarkonzern
- Solarluftschiff
- Solarmodul
- Solarstrom
- Solartechnik
- Solarthermie
- solarthermisch
- Solarwirtschaft
- Solarzelle
Further reading
- “solar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “solar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsolar]
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Etymology 1
From Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Adjective
solar
- solar, of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
Etymology 2
Generic trademark of Pertamina's diesel fuel, which came from minyak solar, from Dutch solaarolie (cognate of Danish solarolie and Norwegian solarolje), from English solar oil. The association developed from the usage of such petroleum product as fuel for solar oil lamp. See also Russian солярка (soljarka) and German Solaröl.
Noun
solar (first-person possessive solarku, second-person possessive solarmu, third-person possessive solarnya)
- diesel fuel.
- Pertamina akan Ekspor Solar dan Avtur ― Pertamina will export diesel fuel and jet fuel.
Further reading
- “solar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈla/
Adjective
solar
- solar
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈlar/
Adjective
solar
- solar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sōlāris (“solar”), corresponding to sol + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Adjective
solar m or f (plural solares)
- (astronomy) solar (relating to the Sun)
- solar (relating to sunlight or solar energy)
- (figurative) radiant (beaming with vivacity and happiness)
- Synonyms: radiante, jovial
Etymology 2
From solo (“ground”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Noun
solar m (plural solares)
- mansion (large, luxurious house)
- Synonyms: mansão, palacete
Etymology 3
From solo (“solo”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)
- (music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | solar | |||||
Personal | solar | solares | solar | solarmos | solardes | solarem |
Gerund | ||||||
solando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | solado | solados | ||||
Feminine | solada | soladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | solo | solas | sola | solamos | solais | solam |
Imperfect | solava | solavas | solava | solávamos | soláveis | solavam |
Preterite | solei | solaste | solou | solamos1, solámos2 | solastes | solaram |
Pluperfect | solara | solaras | solara | soláramos | soláreis | solaram |
Future | solarei | solarás | solará | solaremos | solareis | solarão |
Conditional | ||||||
solaria | solarias | solaria | solaríamos | solaríeis | solariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | sole | soles | sole | solemos | soleis | solem |
Imperfect | solasse | solasses | solasse | solássemos | solásseis | solassem |
Future | solar | solares | solar | solarmos | solardes | solarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | sola | sole | solemos | solai | solem | |
Negative (não) | não soles | não sole | não solemos | não soleis | não solem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Etymology 4
From sola (“sole”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)
- (sports, transitive) to hit someone with the sole of the shoe
- (shoemaking, transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | solar | |||||
Personal | solar | solares | solar | solarmos | solardes | solarem |
Gerund | ||||||
solando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | solado | solados | ||||
Feminine | solada | soladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | solo | solas | sola | solamos | solais | solam |
Imperfect | solava | solavas | solava | solávamos | soláveis | solavam |
Preterite | solei | solaste | solou | solamos1, solámos2 | solastes | solaram |
Pluperfect | solara | solaras | solara | soláramos | soláreis | solaram |
Future | solarei | solarás | solará | solaremos | solareis | solarão |
Conditional | ||||||
solaria | solarias | solaria | solaríamos | solaríeis | solariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | sole | soles | sole | solemos | soleis | solem |
Imperfect | solasse | solasses | solasse | solássemos | solásseis | solassem |
Future | solar | solares | solar | solarmos | solardes | solarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | sola | sole | solemos | solai | solem | |
Negative (não) | não soles | não sole | não solemos | não soleis | não solem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Further reading
- “solar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “solar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “solar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “solar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “solar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “solar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French solaire, from Latin solaris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈlar/
Adjective
solar m or n (feminine singular solară, masculine plural solari, feminine and neuter plural solare)
- solar
- Synonym: soresc
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | solar | solară | solari | solare | ||
definite | solarul | solara | solarii | solarele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | solar | solare | solari | solare | ||
definite | solarului | solarei | solarilor | solarelor |
Further reading
- solar in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
sòlār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)
- bullary worker
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | solar | solari |
genitive | solara | solara |
dative | solaru | solarima |
accusative | solara | solare |
vocative | solaru | solari |
locative | solaru | solarima |
instrumental | solarom | solarima |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈlaɾ/ [soˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: so‧lar
Etymology 1
From suelo (“ground”), from Latin solum.
Noun
solar m (plural solares)
- house (of a family), noble lineage
- (Cuba) tenement house
- ground, land
Verb
solar (first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solé, past participle solado)
- to pave
- to sole a shoe
Conjugation
infinitive | solar | ||||||
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gerund | solando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | solado | solada | |||||
plural | solados | soladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | suelo | suelastú solásvos | suela | solamos | soláis | suelan | |
imperfect | solaba | solabas | solaba | solábamos | solabais | solaban | |
preterite | solé | solaste | soló | solamos | solasteis | solaron | |
future | solaré | solarás | solará | solaremos | solaréis | solarán | |
conditional | solaría | solarías | solaría | solaríamos | solaríais | solarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | suele | suelestú solésvos2 | suele | solemos | soléis | suelen | |
imperfect (ra) | solara | solaras | solara | soláramos | solarais | solaran | |
imperfect (se) | solase | solases | solase | solásemos | solaseis | solasen | |
future1 | solare | solares | solare | soláremos | solareis | solaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | suelatú solávos | suele | solemos | solad | suelen | ||
negative | no sueles | no suele | no solemos | no soléis | no suelen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive solar | |||||||
dative | solarme | solarte | solarle, solarse | solarnos | solaros | solarles, solarse | |
accusative | solarme | solarte | solarlo, solarla, solarse | solarnos | solaros | solarlos, solarlas, solarse | |
with gerund solando | |||||||
dative | solándome | solándote | solándole, solándose | solándonos | solándoos | solándoles, solándose | |
accusative | solándome | solándote | solándolo, solándola, solándose | solándonos | solándoos | solándolos, solándolas, solándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative suela | |||||||
dative | suélame | suélate | suélale | suélanos | not used | suélales | |
accusative | suélame | suélate | suélalo, suélala | suélanos | not used | suélalos, suélalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative solá | |||||||
dative | solame | solate | solale | solanos | not used | solales | |
accusative | solame | solate | solalo, solala | solanos | not used | solalos, solalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative suele | |||||||
dative | suéleme | not used | suélele, suélese | suélenos | not used | suéleles | |
accusative | suéleme | not used | suélelo, suélela, suélese | suélenos | not used | suélelos, suélelas | |
with first-person plural imperative solemos | |||||||
dative | not used | solémoste | solémosle | solémonos | solémoos | solémosles | |
accusative | not used | solémoste | solémoslo, solémosla | solémonos | solémoos | solémoslos, solémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative solad | |||||||
dative | soladme | not used | soladle | soladnos | solaos | soladles | |
accusative | soladme | not used | soladlo, soladla | soladnos | solaos | soladlos, soladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative suelen | |||||||
dative | suélenme | not used | suélenle | suélennos | not used | suélenles, suélense | |
accusative | suélenme | not used | suélenlo, suélenla | suélennos | not used | suélenlos, suélenlas, suélense |
Etymology 2
From Latin sōlāris (“solar”).
Adjective
solar (plural solares)
- solar
Derived terms
- antisolar
- calendario solar
- colector solar
- corona solar
- eclipse solar
- energía solar
- erupción solar
- panel solar
- plexo solar
- protuberancia solar
- reloj solar
- sistema solar
- solarizar
- vela solar
- viento solar
Related terms
- sol
Further reading
- “solar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
solar
- indefinite plural of sol.
Verb
solar
- present tense of sola.
Anagrams
- loars, sorla