solar

English

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solar

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sōl'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊlɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlə/

• Audio (US)

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• 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)

1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun

   solar light

   solar rays

   solar influence

2. (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:

     and proud beside, as solar people are

3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
4. 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; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:

     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.

5. Employing solar power.

   a solar furnace

Synonyms

• sunly

Derived terms

Pages starting with “solar”.

Translations

Noun

solar (uncountable)

1. solar energy
   • December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, 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.

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-West Germanic *salaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.

Noun

solar (plural solars)

1. (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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “solar”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “solar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Loars, Losar, Rosal, Sarlo, Slora, orals, soral

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish solar (“ground, land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/,
• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Noun

solár

1. property

   Synonym: propiyedad

2. land

   Synonym: daga

Catalan

Etymology 1

From sòl (“soil”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

solar m (plural solars)

1. lot, plot (a distinct portion of land, usually smaller than a field)

Related terms

• sòl

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solars)

1. (relational) sun; solar

Derived terms

Related terms

• sol

Etymology 3

From sòl (“soil; surface”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle solat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to pave
2. (transitive, fishing) to weigh down (rigging) (on the seabed or riverbed by means of stones or lead weights)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle solat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe or boot)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ressolar

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, 2024
• “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)

1. (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

Conjugation

Related terms

• sola

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/

Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)

1. 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/

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Adjective

solar (strong nominative masculine singular solarer, not comparable)

1. solar

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “solar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “solar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

solar

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

solar

1. 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)

1. 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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈla/

• Audio

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Adjective

solar

1. solar

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈlar/

Adjective

solar

1. solar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sōlāris (“solar”), corresponding to sol +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)

1. (astronomy) solar (relating to the Sun)
2. solar (relating to sunlight or solar energy)
3. (figurative) radiant (beaming with vivacity and happiness)

   Synonyms: radiante, jovial

Etymology 2

From solo (“ground”) +‎ -ar.

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

solar (habitação)

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Noun

solar m (plural solares)

1. mansion (large, luxurious house)

   Synonyms: mansão, palacete

Etymology 3

From solo (“solo”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)

1. (music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)

1. (sports, transitive) to hit someone with the sole of the shoe
2. (shoemaking, transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe)

Conjugation

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, 2003–2024.
• “solar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “solar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

1. solar

   Synonym: soresc

Declension

Further reading

• solar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sòlār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)

1. bullary worker

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧lar

Etymology 1

From suelo (“ground”), from Latin solum.

Noun

solar m (plural solares)

1. ground, land
2. house (of a family), noble lineage

   Synonym: casa

3. (Cuba) tenement house

   Synonym: casa de vecindad

Verb

solar (first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solé, past participle solado)

1. to pave
2. to sole a shoe

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlāris (“solar”).

Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solares)

1. solar

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “solar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

solar

1. indefinite plural of sol

Verb

solar

1. present indicative of sola

Anagrams

• loars, sorla