solder
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English
Soldered joint between two substantial metal strips
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Soldering small components of an electronic circuit board
Etymology
From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō (“make solid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: sŏlʹdə(r), sōlʹdə(r); IPA(key): /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/
- (Canada, General American) enPR: sŏdʹər, sōʹdər, sôʹdər; IPA(key): /ˈsɑd.ɚ/, /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/, (now rare) /ˈsɔ.dɚ/
Noun
solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)
- Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
- 1991, John H. Lau, Solder Joint Reliability: Theory and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 225:
- ...the packaging of electronic components has moved from technology that used solder predominantly as an electrical connection (plated through-hole) to technology that uses solder as both a mechanical and electrical connection (surface mount technology)...
- Figuratively, circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
Derived terms
Translations
any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
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Verb
solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)
- to join items together, or to coat them with solder
- (figuratively) to join things as if with solder.
- 2013, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, page 137?:
- In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to join with solder
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zolder, from Middle Dutch solre, solder, from Old Dutch *solari, *soleri, from Latin sōlārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
solder (plural solders, diminutive soldertjie)
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
solder
- to close (a deal)
- (finance) to settle, to pay off (debt)
- to sell at sales, to have a sale
- (reflexive, ~ par) to end up (in), to result (in)
Conjugation
Conjugation of solder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | solder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soldant /sɔl.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soldé /sɔl.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | solde /sɔld/ |
soldes /sɔld/ |
solde /sɔld/ |
soldons /sɔl.dɔ̃/ |
soldez /sɔl.de/ |
soldent /sɔld/ |
| imperfect | soldais /sɔl.dɛ/ |
soldais /sɔl.dɛ/ |
soldait /sɔl.dɛ/ |
soldions /sɔl.djɔ̃/ |
soldiez /sɔl.dje/ |
soldaient /sɔl.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soldai /sɔl.de/ |
soldas /sɔl.da/ |
solda /sɔl.da/ |
soldâmes /sɔl.dam/ |
soldâtes /sɔl.dat/ |
soldèrent /sɔl.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | solderai /sɔl.də.ʁe/ |
solderas /sɔl.də.ʁa/ |
soldera /sɔl.də.ʁa/ |
solderons /sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
solderez /sɔl.də.ʁe/ |
solderont /sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | solderais /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ |
solderais /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ |
solderait /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ |
solderions /sɔl.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
solderiez /sɔl.də.ʁje/ |
solderaient /sɔl.də.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | solde /sɔld/ |
soldes /sɔld/ |
solde /sɔld/ |
soldions /sɔl.djɔ̃/ |
soldiez /sɔl.dje/ |
soldent /sɔld/ |
| imperfect2 | soldasse /sɔl.das/ |
soldasses /sɔl.das/ |
soldât /sɔl.da/ |
soldassions /sɔl.da.sjɔ̃/ |
soldassiez /sɔl.da.sje/ |
soldassent /sɔl.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | solde /sɔld/ |
— | soldons /sɔl.dɔ̃/ |
soldez /sɔl.de/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “solder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch soldeer, from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō (“make solid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
solder-solder
- solder: any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
- Synonym: patri
Derived terms
Further reading
- “solder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.